Heinz-Harald Frentzen has said thওat he is grateful to have go🅘t away without serious injury after crashing out of Sunday's DTM finale at Hockenheim and being airlifted to hospital.

The 38-year old German crashed heavily at the Sudkurve, hittin❀g the barriers side-on and suffering concussion, and muscle injuries and bruising to his neck. He was unconscious in the cockpit when the medical team arrived and was subsequently airlifted to Ludwigshafen hospital after an initial check at the circui💮t's medical centre.

Frentzen remembers nothing of the accident but, having seen vid⛦eo footage, admits that he was lucky to esc𝕴ape relatively unscathed.

"I'm glad that I got off so lightly," the Opel driver told German news agency SID, "I'm suffering from a bad headache and I don't remember th꧑e accident."

Having been advised not to fly while still under observation, Fren𓄧tzen will remain in hospital for at least another 24 hours.