MICHAEL SCHUMACHER’S nephew broke his spine in the weekend’s horror fireball crash. David Schumacher collided with Thomas Preining on lap six of Saturday’s Hockenheimring DTM event. Schumacher, son of Ralf, was initially sent home after getting the all clear, confirmed by his mother Cora on Instagram. But now Ralf has stated the youngster has indeed suffered a broken back. But rival driver Preining blamed Schumacher, whose cousin Mick drives for Haas in Formula One, for the terrifying crash in western Germany. She wrote: “David Schumacher is doing well, that’s the most important thing. “He himself had oversteered and did not have his car under control.

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