A driver is feared to have suffered a punctured lung in a crash at a motor racing circuit yesterday.

Nigel Corner was racing a 1960s Ferrari 246 Dino at the Goodwood Revival meeting, near Chichester, West Sussex, when he collided with another car.

Mr Corner, from Ferryhill, County Durham, was taken to hospital with a suspected punctured lung.

Mr Corner, who is not a professional racing driver, was taking part in the Richmond and Gordon Trophies race when the crash happened.

A spokeswoman for St Richard's Hospital said Mr Corner was in a serious but stable condition.

The weekend event was the third annual Goodwood Revival meeting and attracted motor racing stars including Sir Stirling Moss, John Surtees, Barry Sheene and Gerhard Berger.

One of the other drivers involved in yesterday's crash was television presenter Alain de Cadenet, race organisers said.

Spokesman Rob Widdows said four or five cars had been involved in the crash at the beginning of the trophy race, which was stopped and then restarted.

Mr Corner is understood to have been the only driver injured in the collision.

Mr de Cadenet was not hurt. The 52-year-old was a motor racing driver in the 1970s. He presents Ride On for Channel 4 and works as a motor racing consultant for Hollywood films.