Schumacher thankfully walked out of the car unscathed
Team Haas driver Mick Schumacher was involved in a nasty crash on the 28th lap during Sunday’s Monaco Formula One Grand Prix.
Schumacher crashed at turn 15 on the circuit after appearing to lose control during the high-speed swimming pool section before crashing into the barriers.
The impact of the crash caused the car to split into two, with the rear of the car becoming detached and sliding towards the front of his chassis.
SAFETY CAR! Mick Schumacher has gone hard into the barriers.
Thankfully, Mick is out of the car and ok 🙏 pic.twitter.com/n2qHCNVA0u
— Sky Sports F1 (@SkySportsF1) May 29, 2022
Former Renault driver Jolyon Palmer confirmed on BBC Radio Five Live that this has been purposely designed to ensure maximum safety.
“The rear of Mick Schumacher’s car has broken away as it is designed to do for safety reasons. A big impact there,” he said.
Thankfully Schumacher was able to step out of the car and appear unscathed while a safety car had initially been deployed before race control officials decided to call for a red flag to allow for the damaged barrier to be repaired.
🚩 RED FLAG 🚩
Ricciardo into the barriers after getting out of shape going through the swimming pool section#MonacoGP #F1 pic.twitter.com/VJtJOnDKPx
— Formula 1 (@F1) May 27, 2022
But fans were still left both shocked and relieved that the 22-year-old had safely got out of the car.
“Thank goodness Mick Schumacher is out of the car and OK because it’s deeply worrying to see the rear of a car split away like that,” said one person.
Thank goodness Mick Schumacher is out of the car and OK because it's deeply worrying to see the rear of a car split away like that. #MonacoGP #F1
— Christian Hewgill 🎙 (@ChrisHewgill) May 29, 2022
Another user said: “Dude how did Schumacher come out of that completely unscathed???”
Dude how did Schumacher come out of that completely unscathed???
— Pratap Nishad (@PRTPNSHD) May 29, 2022
A third person tweeted: “Glad Mick Schumacher is ok though, hell of a shunt.”
Glad Mick Schumacher is ok though, hell of a shunt #MonacoGP
— Peter Dudley (@ped1980) May 29, 2022
The start to the race was delayed by over an hour after heavy rainfall with Charles Leclerc of Ferrari starting off in pole position in his hometown race.
Drivers were initially informed to carry out two formation laps behind a safety car but officials deemed that it wasn’t safe enough to start and declared a red flag.
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