Mick Schumacher reveals real reason he missed Saudi GP, and it wasn't his 270km/h crash

• Mick Schumacher survived a high-speed crash at the 2022 Saudi Arabian Grand Prix.

• The Haas driver lost control of his car at Turn 12, sending him into the wall.

• Only the lack of spare parts prevented the German from participating in the race.

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Mick Schumacher said he was "ready to go racing" in Saudi Arabia despite his horror crash during qualifying.

On Saturday, Schumacher had to be airlifted to hospital following a terrifying crash at the Jeddah circuit.

Mick, the son of seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, lost control of his Haas as he rode the kerbs through Turn 12 and slammed into the concrete wall on the opposite side of the circuit.

The force of the impact tore the front wing and both wheels off the right-hand side of his car before he came to a standstill.

Haas lost all communications with the driver as they waited for the medical team to extract him, but following several minutes without any updates, news eventually filtered through that Schumacher was conscious. He was released later that night, the 23-year-old somehow having escaped the crash without injury.

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Keen to go racing

However, Haas announced that Schumacher would not compete in the race - though if it were up to the driver himself, he would have. In fact, Schumacher said the only reason he didn't race was because of a parts issue.

Schumacher told the media: "Yeah, I'm for sure ready, or I would be ready to go racing. It's just component management, car parts in general, we have to see and look after that we are surely able to race in Melbourne.

"I knew that it's race two; spare parts are usually quite difficult at