Jenson Button pledges £15,000 to support British driver Billy Monger
Billy Monger,
17, drove at high speed into the back of a car which seemed to have stopped on
the track during Sunday's race at Donington Park.
Lewis
Hamilton has also offered support, tweeting: "Thoughts and prayers are
with you and your family."
More than
£500,000 had been raised by 13:00 BST on Thursday.
Monger, who
has been described as "an extremely talented young driver" had to be
extracted from his vehicle at the Leicestershire track and airlifted to
hospital.
Button, the
2009 world champion who retired last year but will make a one-off outing for
McLaren at next month's Monaco Grand Prix, was among the first to voice his
support for Monger.
"This
guy needs our help. I will be doing as much as I can to help this dude
out," he wrote on Instagram.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen
also appeared to make a pledge on the page, tweeting: "Really shocked
about Billy Monger's terrible accident. If you can, please join me in helping
him out."
Donations also appeared
to be made by former F1 drivers Max Chilton, Karl Wendlinger and Andre
Lotterer, as well as touring car driver Jason Plato and American Nascar racer
AJ Allmendinger.
Williams' Brazilian
driver Felipe Massa showed his support on Twitter, writing: "Let's help
him. I'll do my best."
Ex-F1 driver Mark Webber
wrote "keep boxing mate", while the Mercedes, Force India and McLaren
teams have also showed their support on social media.
Steven Hunter, head of
the team JHR Developments that Monger has been with for the past four years,
said it had been a "heart-wrenching" time.
"We saw the crash
and our fears were as low as they could be," he said. "But everything
has been in the right direction since.
"Yesterday we lined everyone up and just took some time to
wish him well. The pipes are out of his mouth and he spoke. He was hoarse but
he just about spoke."
Source; BBC
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