Mick Schumacher was racing Zhou Guanyu's Alfa Romeo into the Swimming Pool area when he lost the rear of his Haas VF-22.
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Mick Schumacher who drives for the Haas team in Formula 1 had a major crash at the Monaco Grand Prix held on 29 May 2022. Schumacher was racing Zhou Guanyu’s Alfa Romeo into the Swimming Pool area when he lost the rear of his Haas VF-22, whacking directly into the barriers before skidding hard into the Tecpros. This was the same spot where Mclaren’s Daniel Ricciardo crashed during FP2 on Friday.
It was in the 27th lap of the Monaco Grand Prix where Mick Schumacher who was running outside the points while chasing Zhou Guanyu through the Swimming Pool complex where he lost control of the car and crashed into the barriers, with the back of the vehicle separated from the main chassis and landing beside Schumacher, the German was able to remove himself from the cockpit before being examined by medical personnel. It was a relief for race fans to see Mick Schumacher walk away unharmed from a big crash.
While speaking to the media after the race Schumacher said that he was fine. He added that they had pace but couldn’t keep on the track. “Obviously it’s very annoying. I think in terms of pace we were definitely there, it’s just a matter of keeping it on track, and unfortunately I wasn’t able to do that. We just ended up being a little too wide, and that was enough to lose all the grip that you thought you had. And unfortunately the result is as it happened.” said the German driver.
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The other Haas driver Kevin Magnussen also couldn’t complete the race and retired soon before Schumacher’s collision with a power unit trouble, Team Principal Guenther Steiner was observed raging around the paddock as Haas’s perfect record in Monaco came crashing down. “With Mick we obviously saw what happened. It’s not very satisfactory having a big crash again. We need to see how we move forward from here.” expressed Steiner.
The Haas team has now been pointless for the last three races after the Monaco Grand Prix and they remain eighth out of 10 teams in the constructors’ standings. The next race in the F1 calendar is the Azerbaijan Grand Prix at the Baku city circuit on 12th June 2022.
