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Correa still in ICU, has 'improved slightly' - family statement

The family of American driver Juan Manuel Correa, who was seriously injured in the F2 crash which claimed the life of Anthoine Hubert, say he is showing small signs of improvement but remains in intensive care.

Correa collided head-on, at top speed, with Hubert during an F2 race at Spa-Francorchamps on August 31. Hubert was pronounced dead several hours later, while Correa was sent to a Liege hospital for surgery on leg fractures and a minor spinal injury.

He was transferred to London last week, where he was placed in an induced coma. The family's last statement stated that complications had arisen and that Correa had fallen into a state of Acute Respiratory Failure, a injury considered common in high-impact incidents.