Driver goes off the course and manages to avoid park cars, and that's not the most surprising part


 

https://youtu.be/8mRoZBmnbPU

 

You don't see this every day.

At the World Rally Championship in Mexico, Kris Meeke had a 40-second lead on the field when, all of a sudden, his car veered off course, went through the bushes and into a car park. His team was a bit, well,  stunned.

 



The view from the inside is spectacular.

https://youtu.be/AdKjCIxvc6Y

Amazingly, he simply drove around some cars, didn't hit anyone, and made it back on to the course - and still won by 13.8 seconds over M-Sports Sebastien Ogier.

No surprise, but the finish left lots of people in awe.

https://twitter.com/MattThompson84/status/841007706626490369

https://twitter.com/Motorseries/status/841013101747150848

https://twitter.com/RallysupportNL/status/841012112151461890

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