A terrifying accident at a Russian rally saw a car flip 7 times in the air before crashing to a halt on its side

• Rally drivers were lucky to leave with their lives after their cars crashed violently in a Russian championship.
• One of the cars rolled seven times before landing on its side, while another hit a pile of gravel and flew into a ditch.
• Amazingly, no one appeared to be hurt in either crash.
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A pair of race drivers were lucky to leave with their lives after suffering horror crashes in a Russian rallying championship.

In two separate incidents, racers suffered horror crashes at the race in the Sverdlovsk region of Russia, in the Ural Mountains.

In one incident, Russian driver Pavel Kozlov and his navigator Yury Kulikov were competing in the final stage of the Rally Cover 2021 race when they collided with a steep slope at the edge of the track.

The collision propelled the car into the air where it then flipped violently seven times as parts of the bodywork flew off and were scattered across the ground.

After the vehicle had stopped tumbling, the car then slid on its side across the stone track before coming to a halt.

Amazingly Kozlov and Kulikov were able to leave unharmed.

In the second incident, posted to Instagram by a race spectator, another car clips a large pile of gravel before skidding across the road at high speed, hitting a large bump and flying into the air before settling in a ditch.

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As the marshals rush to help the driver and navigator, the car is seen smoking.

Once again, both people in the car are able to emerge seemingly unscathed by the incident.