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race:Indianapolis 2004
track:Indianapolis 2000
track section:13 (wide right turn)
lap:10
position
driverbeforeafterwards
Ralf Schumacher?severely injured
category:tires
descriptionA tyre puncture of Ralf Schumacher's left rear tyre was caused by driving over debris. Ralf crashes into the wall with the back of his car and stays put on the main straight in reverse direction. He is concious but unable to get out of the car and is later rescued by the medical team.

Even tough it was first reported that no serious injury happened, Ralf got a concussion and two fractured vertebrae from this accident and can't race in the next races.


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picture: Indianapolis 2004:
left: Takuma Sato, BAR 006
center: Ralf Schumacher, Williams FW26
right: Jenson Button, BAR 006