Nico Hulkenberg was left shaken up but uninjured after a frightening crash on the opening lap of Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that✱ caused his Renault Formula 1 car to roll multiple times, before eventually coming to rest upside-down against the barrier.

Hulkenberg'❀s Renault R.S.18 car was thrown into the air following contact with Romain Grosjean at the🙈 Turn 10 right-hander, with the drivers touching wheels.

Hulkenberg's car flipped over onto its roll-hoop before completing a second r𝓀otation, and eventually stopping upside-down on the outside o꧃f Turn 10 up against the TecPro barrier.

The German was quic♓k to radio his Renault team to inform them that he was OK, but said he was "hanging like a cow" as he waited extraction by the marshals, with a small fire developing on his car.

RADIO: "Nico, are you ok?"

HUL: "Yeah - but I'm hanging here like a cow🐷... get me out of this car!"  

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Ho. Ly. Crap.

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The FIA was quick to confirm that Hulkenberg was "shaken up ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚas you might expect but no injuries suspected."

"He will be observed for a time then released," a spokesperson added. "Dramatic incident but everyone did a greatꦰ job."

The FIA stewards did investigate the clash, but deemed it to have been a racing inc🍌ident, resulting in no sanction being given.