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German driver Ralf Schumacher will miss Sunday's French Grand Prix after failing to recover in time from a high-speed crash during the United States Grand Prix, his doctors said Wednesday.
He might also miss the Great Britain, German, Hungarian and Belgian Grand Prix and not be fit until the September 12 Italian GP at Monza after doctors at the Bad Nauheim clinic where he was being treated said he had two fractured vertebrae and needed between eight and 12 weeks' rest.
The BMW Williams driver suffered a horrific collision on June 20 when his car spun out of control and slammed backwards into a wall at 300kmh in Indianapolis before coming to a standstill in the middle of the racetrack.
"There'd be nothing worse than coming back too soon. Ralf has all the time to get back to 100 percent," said the driver's agent Willi Weber.
Schumacher 'celebrated' his birthday Wednesday aware that he could be out of Formula One for three months. "To be honest, I imagined my birthday would be rather different," the 29-year- old said on his website. "But so be it. What's happened has happened. The injury is worse than feared. I have to get through it."
The German driver, who stands ninth in the championship with 12 points and who won the 2003 race around the Magny-Cours circuit, will be replaced by Spanish test driver Marc Gene in France.
Schumacher is negotiating with Toyota for the 2005 season and his move from Williams was originally inteded to be announced at Silverstone on July 11th.
Shame
Although after crashing into a concrete wall at 180mph he's lucky to be alive tbh. Testement to the strength of these cars.
German driver Ralf Schumacher will miss Sunday's French Grand Prix after failing to recover in time from a high-speed crash during the United States Grand Prix, his doctors said Wednesday.
He might also miss the Great Britain, German, Hungarian and Belgian Grand Prix and not be fit until the September 12 Italian GP at Monza after doctors at the Bad Nauheim clinic where he was being treated said he had two fractured vertebrae and needed between eight and 12 weeks' rest.
The BMW Williams driver suffered a horrific collision on June 20 when his car spun out of control and slammed backwards into a wall at 300kmh in Indianapolis before coming to a standstill in the middle of the racetrack.
"There'd be nothing worse than coming back too soon. Ralf has all the time to get back to 100 percent," said the driver's agent Willi Weber.
Schumacher 'celebrated' his birthday Wednesday aware that he could be out of Formula One for three months. "To be honest, I imagined my birthday would be rather different," the 29-year- old said on his website. "But so be it. What's happened has happened. The injury is worse than feared. I have to get through it."
The German driver, who stands ninth in the championship with 12 points and who won the 2003 race around the Magny-Cours circuit, will be replaced by Spanish test driver Marc Gene in France.
Schumacher is negotiating with Toyota for the 2005 season and his move from Williams was originally inteded to be announced at Silverstone on July 11th.
Shame
Although after crashing into a concrete wall at 180mph he's lucky to be alive tbh. Testement to the strength of these cars.
