Listen to this article Schumacher badly damaged his VF-22 car in a massive accident during qualifying for this weekend’s event in Jeddah. The German escaped without injury though and, following precautionary checks at a nearby hospital on Saturday night, he was discharged and able to return to his hotel. With Schumacher declared fit, Haas could have elected to prepare a new car for him and get him out to start from the pitlane for the Saudi GP. But Steiner took the decision not to do that, because he felt that that was too little to gain from the effort – with a bigger potential for downside. With little realistic hope of points, plus a high risk of further damage, Steiner feared that another incident could wreck better opportunities when Schumacher returns fully fit for the Australian GP in two weeks. “You could work all night and then [on race morning] find out you’ve compromised yourself so much because you did everything in a hurry,” said Steiner about his decision to withdraw the car. …