Schumacher had been bidding for a spot in Q3 at Jeddah when he lost control of his VF-22 at the exit of Turn 10 – with the car spinning around and smashing into the concrete wall on the outside of Turn 11.
It then slid down the track before striking the barriers on the other side of the circuit, and eventually came to a halt at Turn 12.
While Schumacher escaped injury in the accident and was released from hospital later in the evening following precautionary checks, his car did not escape so easily.
With all four corners impacted, and the gearbox falling off when it was lifted away by marshals, Haas was well aware that the damage bill would be high.
Subsequent investigation of the car in the Haas garage confirmed that almost nothing escaped intact.
Team boss Gunther Steiner said: “The chassis itself doesn’t seem to be broken. The side infrastructure yes, but you can change them.
“Obviously we need to do a proper check on the chassis but it looks like it is not too bad to be…
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