Wehrlein to return for Bahrain

Pascal Wehrlein takes aim at injury critics on return at Bahrain GP | F1 News

Pascal Wehrlein says critics of his decision not to race at the season's first two races were speaking without knowledge of his injuries, as the Sauber driver prepares to return in Bahrain this weekend.

 

Sauber would run out of money otherwise.

I doubt we will ever see Gio again!
Pete

 

Relax man..he just had one bad race.

 

He caused millions of dollars worth of damage in his first or second race. Most importantly in the same area ... a racing driver is supposed to learn from their mistakes, not repeat them until no car is left!

He definitely has hurt his resume IMO.
Pete

 

No argument on the resume part, but the second crash was not his fault. He probably hit a patch of water and was a passenger.

 

According to the UK's Channel 4 coverage of Free practice one today, sources have said that Wehrlein suffered three fractured vertebrae in his ROC crash.

Because of that, he wasn't able to train and the muscles that attach to the vertebrae became badly weakened, preventing him from driving the car.

 

It might have stopped all the speculation dead if they had come out with this in the first place.

 

Nobody else crashed there ...

Pete

 

Cut that guy some slack. Even seasoned champions manage to find their way into a wall every now and then under 'normal' conditions.