Mick Schumacher was dominated out of Sunday's Saudi Components One Grand Prix after crashing closely in qualifying and being flown to a hospital in Jeddah for precautionary checks.

Haas F1 dominated Schumacher out of the race on Sunday and the American staff mentioned it will subject only one automotive. Schumacher, who turned 23 earlier this week, posted on social media that he was 'OK.'

"The automotive felt nice," the German wrote.

"We'll come again stronger."

Schumacher is the son of seven-time F1 champion Michael Schumacher, and the Haas staff mentioned the younger driver was capable of cellphone his mom following the crash.

It took security employees a number of minutes to get Schumacher from his mangled automotive and into an ambulance for a primary cursory test on the monitor.

F1 has been closely scrutinized for persevering with its race weekend following an assault by rebels on a close-by oil depot.

The assault through the first apply Friday might be heard on the monitor and smoke might be seen billowing within the background of the circuit.

Drivers met a number of instances on Friday for greater than 4 hours discussing security issues and whether or not or not they need to compete.

F1 and the FIA, the ruling physique for the sequence, assured the rivals that security measures have been in place. So the motion went on as scheduled Saturday till Schumacher's crash within the second phase of qualifying.

It created a prolonged stoppage for cleanup and pole-sitter Sergio Perez of Purple Bull mentioned after the Saudi Arabian circuit is 'undoubtedly essentially the most harmful place within the calendar. That is no secret about it.'

"It is a circuit that basically calls for lots from the drivers, from the vehicles, from the groups. When you get it mistaken, it may be an enormous accident," Perez mentioned.

"The very last thing I wish to assume is concerning the monitor, and I believe going forwards it is once more a dialogue."

Sunday will mark the second time in three F1 races that Haas has been right down to only one automotive. Nikita Mazepin missed the season finale final yr when he examined optimistic for COVID-19 the morning of the race.

Mazepin has been changed this yr by Kevin Magnussen, who will begin tenth on Sunday. Haas reserve driver Pietro Fittipaldi is in Saudi Arabia however, simply as was the case in Abu Dhabi final December when Mazepin was dominated out, he was not eligible to get within the automotive so late within the race weekend.