Mick Schumacher will not participate in the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix

If the news of Mick Schumacher were reassuring following his violent exit from the track during Q2 of qualifying this Saturday, the team Haas announced later in the evening that the German driver will not participate in the race this Sunday. "PFor the avoidance of doubt, we will only use one car in the race.", said the team, without giving further details. There will therefore only be one Haas on the starting grid, that of Kevin Magnussen. The Dane will start from 10th position. 

In light of today's qualifying incident, Mick Schumacher will not participate in tomorrow's #SaudiArabianGP # HaasF1 pic.twitter.com/trPRIUFFHk

—MoneyGram Haas F1 Team (@HaasF1Team) March 26, 2022

“A check at the medical center did not attest to any injury and Mick Schumacher was airlifted to King Fahad Armed Forces Hospital for precautionary check-ups », Communicated the FIA ​​after this spectacular crash.

The Haas team, for its part, indicated that the son of the seven-time Formula 1 world champion Michael Schumacher was able to speak briefly with his mother, Corinna Schumacher, to reassure her about his physical condition. Mick Schumacher had not lost consciousness following this crash, which required an interruption of the session of almost an hour.

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