Since his return to the tracks after a long rehabilitation due to the 2019 accident, the national pilot returned to the country and told his plan for these years.
Recovered physically and emotionally, Juan Manuel Correa closes the 2021 season, a year that marked his back on the slopes after the accident two seasons ago at the Spa-Francorchamps circuit (Belgium) that almost cost him his life. The Ecuadorian pilot will continue in Formula 3 next season with a “plan” of work with which aspires to reach F1 in 2024, without ruling out parallel categories of motorsport.
“I am happy to be on the slopes, it was a tough season, with a lot of work, “said Correa, who has endured a long recovery process with multiple operations to rebuild his legs, after the accident in August 2019 during an F2 race.
“The accident and then the recovery taught me a lot about life, about oneself, having to overcome a mountain of obstacles that has been all this. I am very proud to be back, I feel like I’m finally recovering in my professional career“Said the capital.
This 2021 Correa ran Formula 3 with the ART Grand Prix team and although he announced that “I still cannot announce anything for the following season,” he also indicated that he is carrying out “A three-year project to try to jump to F1.”
“This season has been my biggest win, not because of the victories on the track because they did not happen, but yes because I was in competition again, something that at the time seemed impossible, “said the national pilot.
Correa commented that his intention is to continue in 2022 in F3, then “to spend a season in Formula 2 and from there to look for Formula 1, we have to hope that it goes well for me, I want to win races this year, on paper it’s easy, but you have to see the results later ”, he pointed out.
But the Ecuadorian also lists what defines a “plan B”, and although he said that this “is not very clear”, the intention is “Run other categories on par with Formula 3”, with tests such as 24 hours Le Mans, The Daytona, “Professional careers where you can have a good salary and grow professionally. There is interest and proposals on that side, but the I’m analyzing because I’m not ready to throw in the towel on Formula and to do that step, I am thinking about that to have ready options, that there are, without giving the complete change yet “.
Around to complete your recovery process, Correa said that “it will be a process of about two more years between rehabilitation and surgeries. Metals need to be removed from the tibia of the left leg, more for a safety issue in case a new mishap arises, since having that in the body would be fatal “.
But nevertheless, none of the work to be done “is urgent to handle”. In the following surgeries also “must fix a couple of torn ligaments I have in my knee and then a bigger process will come in my ankle, everything will be work and we will have to see how long it takes, “he said. (D)
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