Schumacher hit his head during the accident, but was wearing a helmet. He was eventually transferred from a local hospital to Grenoble, about 80 miles away. Dr. Gerard Saillant has travelled to Grenoble hospital. Did neck surgery on Schumacher after 2009 motorcycle accident.
RB had ordered both cars to turn their engine's down and hold station — Mark complied and Vettel didn't. Vettel didn't race for the win, he simply took it from a car he knew was mapped down and almost forcing several crashes. If both cars keep racing like that then they're liable to take both out, run into fuel…
If NBC can learn from what worked at Speed and what didn't then there's an opportunity to grow the US audience. They are already betting that the die-hard fans switch over and they've brought over most of the crew that ran things on Speed. A lot of it will come down to investment in the product value of the telecasts…