Wehrlein reveals second hospital visit after Sao Paulo shunt

Reigning Formulation E champion Pascal Wehrlein has revealed he made a second go to to hospital as a consequence of complications following his Sao Paulo shunt which ripped the halo from his Porsche’s chassis.

The German suffered the spectacular accident when his Porsche was flipped over by Nick Cassidy’s Jaguar within the season-opener final month, with the highest of the roll hoop and halo making heavy contact with the wall earlier than the automobile got here to relaxation the wrong way up on the observe.

A purple flag halted proceedings and Wehrlein was in a position to extract himself from the wreckage earlier than being taken to hospital for checks the place he was given the all-clear.

Talking to Autosport forward of the second spherical of the season in Mexico Metropolis this weekend, Wehrlein revealed his head had truly made contact with the wall within the incident.

“The halo obtained ripped out of the chassis in any other case the harm just isn’t too unhealthy,” stated Wehrlein. “I do not suppose there’s another space the place it obtained affected, however clearly it will be a security concern if it would not be 100% good once more. I believe we’ll discover out within the subsequent couple of weeks [if it’s repairable].

“I believe it [the impact] was round 20G, however clearly it was the wrong way up, so very completely different forces on the chassis.

“The worrying factor was that I hit my head on the wall and like I stated, the halo was fairly broken.

“I used to be acutely aware the entire time, however I had a headache for fairly a number of days. I went again to the hospital once I was residence as a result of I struggled a bit with ache.

“However the good factor is that we had a few weeks now because the final race, it took me a few days to get better and it was good timing over Christmas to have a superb relaxation.”

Regardless of having failed to complete within the season-opener Wehrlein started his title defence with three factors for pole place after displaying spectacular pace in Porsche’s new Gen3 Evo machine.

The Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez circuit for Saturday’s race has additionally been a contented looking floor for Wehrlein previously, having taken victory 12 months in the past in addition to claiming his and Porsche’s first Formulation E win in 2022.

“I see no purpose why we should not be aggressive this weekend,” added the 30-year-old, who completed fourth in Friday’s FP1 session as Porsche team-mate Antonio Felix da Costa topped the instances. “Already in Sao Paulo we have been tremendous aggressive, and Mexico has all the time been a superb observe, however clearly we nonetheless have to do the job.

“I even have a brand new automobile, so I have to see how the automobile reacts, if it feels the identical, it must be dependable.

“It is undoubtedly a mega job from the entire group to construct a brand new automobile on the observe. It is not like earlier than the beginning of the season the place we will construct a automobile [in the] calm and quiet within the workshop and guarantee that the whole lot is ideal.

“The entire automobile was form of ready right here Wednesday and Thursday, and the group has put in a mega effort to do this.”