Video: Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen runs over own pit stop crew member

A pit stop crew member of Ferrari suffered a massive tragedy whenKimi Raikkonen ran over him and fractured his leg in the Bahrain Grand Prix during the pit stop.

Ferrari mechanic Francesco Cigarini was immediately taken to hospital as he suffered a broken tibia and fibula in his left leg when Raikkonen hit him during the second pit-stop in Sunday's race.

Cigarini has undergone a successful operation and send his gratitude by sharing his photo on Instagram quoting, "I want to thank all the people who asked about me and worried. Only a big thank-you. Hugs."

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Here is the post:

Kimi Raikkonen was criticised on social forums for the incident for which he wrote back: "Get well soon mate!"

The incident happened when Cigarini was preparing to fit a new left-rear tyre during Raikkonen's second stop and the system turned on a green light to signal that all four wheels had re-fitted tyres, but the left-rear tyre was stuck and had not been removed.

Though Raikkonen was stopped immediately in the pit lane because it is against the regulations to run a car with a mismatched set of tyres.

Watch the tragic incident here:

Later Ferrari launched an immediate investigation to discover how their automated system had failed.

Ferrari were fined 50,000 euros for the incident. It was the second time the team had been involved in an unsafe release from a pit stop during the weekend.

Raikkonen’s Ferrari team-mate, four-time champion German Sebastian Vettel, won the race, his second victory in two events this season.