F1's Webber badly hurt in bike smash

AAP - Australian Formula One racer Mark Webber has been seriously injured after being hit by a car while competing in his multi sport challenge in Tasmania.

Webber, who drives for F1's Red Bull team, was cycling along Fortesque Bay Road,
near Port Arthur on the Tasman peninsula, when he and a Nissan X-Trail vehicle
collided, Tasmania Police Sergeant Jon Ford told AAP.
Sgt Ford said Webber was competing in his own charity event, the Mark Webber Pure
Tasmania Challenge, a 250km challenge using mountain bikes, kayaks and trekking,
when the accident happened, around 12.40pm (AEDT) on Saturday.
"As a result of the collision, the rider, Mark Webber, suffered serious but non-life
threatening injuries," Sgt Ford said.
"He was attended at the scene by paramedics attached to the event before being
airlifted to the Royal Hobart Hospital."
Sgt Ford said the event was being raced on open public roads and it was not known
whether the stage along Fortesque Bay Road was cordoned off specifically for the
racers.
The male driver of the Nissan X-trail escaped injury but no further details were
known about the motorist, he added.
Webber was competing on the penultimate day of the five-day challenge, which also
includes abseiling and whitewater rafting.