Unseen footage of Mick Schumacher’s 170mph crash at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix has emerged, which shows the terrifying onboard view of the German. Schumacher was airlifted to hospital during Saturday’s qualifying session following the collision.
Fortunately the 23-year-old - son of legendary F1 driver Michael - was later discharged, however he was ruled out of the Grand Prix which took place a day later on Sunday. Following the crash, which sent him flying across the track, medics rushed onto the track and the red flag was raised.
There were initially big concerns over his wellbeing but it quickly filtered through that he was conscious and talking. And then despite being given the all clear, Haas made the decision to not race Schumacher to allow both the German and his car time to recover ahead of the Australian Grand Prix on April 10.
And now days on from the terrifying crash, new on-board footage has emerged showing the 23-year-old flying round a corner at high speed, before hitting a curb and losing control. His Haas car then crashed into the concrete wall, before spinning down the track with debris flying all over the driving surface.
Afterwards, the unscathed German told Sky Sports : "We had a small slide going through turn nine which then upset temperatures in the tyre and also positioning. Coming to the curb I was 20 to 30cms wide of where I wanted to be so the rear tyre dropped over the curb.
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"The moment we touch a curb we lose contact to the ground and that means there is nothing holding us back from spinning. I saw a few other guys have a similar issue, except they were able to catch it."
Following his near miss, Schumacher has called for the safety of the track layout to be looked at. He continued: "I think there are things we have to have a look at. I don't know what happens in the future. But if so, we need to have a serious discussion about it."
Whilst Schumacher escaped unharmed, his Haas vehicle certainly didn’t and the damage could set the team back by as much as £760,000. Speaking about the damages, team principal Guenther Steiner told The Race : "The chassis itself doesn’t seem to be broken.
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"The side impact structure is, but you can change them. Obviously we need to do a proper check on the chassis but it looks not too bad, to be honest. The engine also, I was told from Ferrari, seems to be okay. The battery pack as well. And then all the rest is broken".
Speaking about the cost he added: "I think the cost is still pretty high because all the suspension is gone, except the front-left, I think there’s still something on there.
"The rest is just like carbon powder. I don’t know money-wise but with these cars, between gearbox, the whole bodywork is gone, radiator ducts are gone, so it’s between half a million and a million I would say."
