Pascal Wehrlein has unbelievably revealed that his "head hit the wall" during his horrific airborne crash in last month's Formula E season-opener in São Paulo.
The reigning world champion's car was flipped onto its side and sent airborne following contact with Nick Cassidy, before bouncing off the wall on its side and completing a full flip-over.
Wehrlein's Porsche eventually came to rest upside down, trapping the former F1 driver.
The medical team, marshals and the recovery crew quickly got the German out of his car, before he was transported to hospital for precautionary checks.
He was quickly discharged, but missed the FIA prize-giving gala following advice from his doctor not to travel.
Ahead of this weekend's Mexico City E-Prix, Porsche confirmed to RacingNews365 that Wehrlein sustained a concussion and bruising to his chest and lungs.
The driver confirmed on Formula E's world feed after finishing fourth in first practice that the bruising made breathing difficult on his flight home from Brazil, resulting in a second hospital visit once he was back with his family.
He went into detail about what happened during the crash, and how his helmet made contact with the wall.
"The scary thing about this one was, first of all that I hit my head on the wall," Wehrlein revealed. "The halo got quite damaged, and actually, on one side, it was out of the monocoque.
"So the halo moved a lot, which made my head hit the wall. And the other thing was that I was upside down, and I couldn't get out of the car. Physically, I was feeling fine in that moment.
"With all the adrenaline in your body, you don't feel the pain yet, but also you want to get out of the car if you see sparks flying and so on."
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Lessons to be learnt
Wehrlein's crash was one of the biggest in FE's history, but also one of the strangest. The accident happened on the exit of a relatively slow-speed corner, confusing the Porsche driver.
Given the size of the crash at relatively low speed, the 30-year-old has called for lessons to be learnt from the accident to make the series safer in the future.
"We all know that racing is dangerous and it can be dangerous, but we also know that the cars are quite safe nowadays, which is great," added Wehrlein.
"But yeah, obviously, I think there's quite a lot to learn about this situation, because it was not huge speeds.
"we were doing like 180-190 kph through that corner. The same incident with higher speeds would have been quite different. So I'm sure that there's stuff to improve in the future."
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