Ralf Schumacher headed home
A day after it took nine minutes remove him from his stricken BMW Williams F1 in the United States Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher was released and cleared to return home by medical authorities in Indianapolis. The younger brother of six-time World ...
A day after it took nine minutes remove him from his stricken BMW Williams F1 in the United States Grand Prix, Ralf Schumacher was released and cleared to return home by medical authorities in Indianapolis.
The younger brother of six-time World Champion Michael Schumacher spun twice coming out of the 13th and final turn on Indianapolis Motor Speedway's 2.605-mile road/oval circuit during the tenth lap of the 73-lap United States Grand Prix and impacted the restraining wall.
He came to rest shortly beyond pit entry on the paddock side of the race track. Debris clean-up took nearly as long as the extraction of Schumacher, as bits of his Williams chassis littered the front straight, forcing the Safety Car to turn Indy's seminal straightaway into a group of chicanes.
While it took quite a while to reach and extract Schumacher from his car, he was declared uninjured by the IMS and FIA staff, yet went to hospital in order to have precautionary scans.
Ralf Schumacher had intended to travel to Newport, Rhode Island yesterday in support of BMW's America's Cup challenger, but was unable to make that function due to his overnight hospital stay.
According to Williams' media spokesman Liam Clogger, Ralf Schumacher will not take part at scheduled Jerez test days this week but would instead rest up to be fit for the French Grand Prix on July 4th at Magny-Cours.
Share Or Save This Story
On this day: Michael Schumacher wins… and stuns tifosi with F1 retirement
F1 fans left emotional after Sebastian Vettel drives Michael Schumacher's Ferrari F2002 at Monza
WATCH: Sebastian Vettel pays emotional Michael Schumacher tribute in Ferrari F2002 - "I felt him a lot today"
What the drivers are expecting from F1's return to Sepang
How Carlos Sainz bounced back from the most difficult moment of his F1 career
How Fernando Alonso scored ninth at Zandvoort - and how Alex Albon lost a similar payday
Winners & Losers from MotoGP's Japanese Grand Prix
The added consequence of George Russell's retirement in Malaysia
“Even faster than Ferrari” – Fernando Alonso grabs Aston Martin’s best result of F1 2026
Pedro Acosta: “Strange” problem caused first tough MotoGP race in a “long time”
How F1 let a golden opportunity slip at Sepang
How the Bahrain GP in Malaysia exposed Red Bull’s hidden resurgence
You Ask The Questions: Emerson Fittipaldi
The wide world of strategy options expected in F1's Bahrain GP in Malaysia
Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.
From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.
Top Comments