Mick Schumacher suffered a serious accident in Saudi Arabia's Formula 1 qualifier.
The 23-year-old crashed sideways into the track barrier at high speed on Saturday in the Haas on the ultra-fast street circuit in Jeddah.
The car belonging to the son of record world champion Michael Schumacher was thrown across the track and then came to a standstill, badly damaged.
The qualification was immediately suspended.
The medical car and the ambulance stopped at the scene of the accident, which the cameras now avoided.
According to his racing team, Schumacher was conscious shortly after the crash and was able to leave the car.
He was taken to the track hospital for further tests.
An ambulance was seen on TV pictures at the scene of the accident.
"We hear that Mick is conscious, he is now on his way to the Medical Centre," said the racing team.
Schumacher had reached the second qualifying session and was also doing very well there until the accident.
Previously, record world champion Lewis Hamilton was surprisingly eliminated in the first round of qualifying.
The British Mercedes driver did not get better than 16th place in the hunt for the best grid positions.
Only the best 15 pilots make it into the second round of qualification.
"I'm so sorry, guys," the 37-year-old radioed into the pits.
The working day also ended early for Nico Hülkenberg.
The representative of the corona-infected Sebastian Vettel took 18th place in the Aston Martin.