David Schumacher breaks his backbone after a crash on the DTM Race in Hockenheim, Germany on Saturday.
David, who’s Michael Schumacher’s nephew, collided along with his rival Thomas Preening. He was instantly taken to a hospital in Ludwigshafen after the accident and was instructed that he had suffered a picket backbone damage and reported a knee damage.
However, his father, former F1 driver Ralf Schumacher, stated his son David complained of again ache after returning residence.
According to Motorsport.com, Ralf Schumacher stated. “Then we determined to go to a hospital in Salzburg to have an MRI. It turned out {that a} lumbar vertebra was damaged.”
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Ralph stated his son wanted about six weeks of relaxation, not any surgical procedure, to recuperate.
The incident befell within the last spherical of the 2022 DTM season. Ralph collided with Thomas Preening within the race for seventh place. The incident occurred after a security automotive restarted at flip 8 throughout lap 6. Both the vehicles hit the barrier and fell out of the circuit.
In a chaotic incident, one other Porsche driver Dennis Olsen hit the barrier. Parts of his automotive obtained burnt on the observe.
Ricardo Feller and Dennis Olsen had been additionally injured within the fierce collision.
David completed twenty eighth within the standings of the 2022 DTM season.
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