Forrmula 2 driver Juan Manuel Correa is in a stable condition following surgery, having suffered fractured legs and a minor spinal injury.

The resulting collision split Hubert’s car in two and left Correa’s car upside down. Correa, a member of the Sauber Junior Team, was taken by helicopter to CHU Liège hospital, where he underwent surgery — according to a statement from the Sauber Junior Team on Sunday morning, he remained conscious the entire time until his admission to the operating room. He is resting in intensive care.

Just before 7 p.m. local time it was confirmed Hubert had succumbed to his injuries at the circuit. Tributes to the Frenchman, a member of Renault’s young driver programme, have flooded in from across the motor racing world.

A third driver, Giuliano Alesi, was involved but was unharmed after his car came to a halt without a rear wing and a punctured rear tyre.

Correa was born in Ecuador but races under the American flag — he moved to Miami when he was 10. Sauber’s F1 team, now rebranded Alfa Romeo, organised a test of a 2013 F1 car just seven days before the crash in Belgium.

The F2 feature race was initially red-flagged before being cancelled completely. The F2 sprint race scheduled to take place on Sunday has been also been cancelled.