With five minutes to go in Q2, Schumacher smashed nose first into the wall at high speed in Turn 12, near the end of the first sector.
The session was immediately red-flagged while the FIA medical crew was deployed to extricate Schumacher from the Haas, who was then taken to the medical centre by ambulance.
Haas said after the accident that Schumacher was conscious.
“We’ve heard that Mick is conscious, out of the car and currently on his way to the medical centre,” the team tweeted.
Schumacher had progressed to Q1 for the second consecutive race as Haas continued to be in the midfield mix.
The red flag was brought out a first time for a crash for Williams’ Nicholas Latifi in Q1.
Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton was eliminated in Q1 for the first time since the 2017 Brazilian Grand Prix after being bumped out by Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll, starting Sunday’s race in 16th.
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