Venturi Formula E driver Edoardo Mortar✃a described his heavy crash in practice for the second night race at the Diriyah E-Prix as the “scariest moment ever”.

The Swiss driver suffered a huge accident after completing a practice start at the end of free practice on Saturday, with his Venturi spearing straight on 🔜into the Turn 18 TecPro barriers at high speed after failing to stop.

Following an FIA investigation i✤nto the cause of the accident - which resulted in all four Mercedes-powered cars withdrawn froꦐm qualifying - it was determined that a rear-braking failsafe system failure had caused Mortara to crash.

Mortara was taken to hospital for precautionary tests but was declared fit to race, however, his Venturi team has📖 been unable to fix his car in time to contest the race.

In a tweet from Venturi’s account, Mortara said: “Just a quick messa♍ge to tell everyone that I’m safe ♚and fine. I had the scariest moment ever, I’m grateful and thankful for all the support I received.”

Speaking on the grid after returning to the Formula E paddock in Saudi Arabia, Mortara described the scary-looking ac🅰cident and revealed he has some “big pain” but is otherwise fine.

"I feel quite OK,” he added. “But I🎐 w🥃ould lie if I tell you I am perfectly fine. I have some big pain from the crash this morning. It was not a great feeling.

“I feel like a passenger there🔯. There was nothing I could do - just went into the wall.

“I thought pretty much that was the end. It was a feeling I would like to 🅺forget.”