UPDATE – Further report on Schumacher set for Monday morning

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UPDATE (6:47 p.m. ET) : British F1 broadcaster Sky Sports is now reporting that an update from Grenoble on Michael Schumacher’s condition is set for Monday morning at 5 a.m. ET (10 a.m. in the United Kingdom).

UPDATE (5:37 p.m. ET): Jennie Gow, a presenter for Formula One coverage on BBC Radio 5 Live, has posted a series of statements from the doctors in Grenoble, Schumacher’s manager, and Schumacher’s press secretary.

UPDATE (5:05 p.m. ET): Reports from multiple outlets, including Agence France-Presse, confirm that management for Michael Schumacher and the University Hospital of Grenoble (France) has said the Formula One legend is in critical condition and that he is also in a coma which required an “immediate neurosurgical operation.”

Per the BBC, the hospital’s statement on the situation was signed by its deputy director, its neurosurgeon, and the professor in charge of its anesthesia and revival unit.

UPDATE (4:02 p.m. ET): While we await official word from Michael Schumacher’s management team on his condition, French radio station RMC is now reporting that, according to a medical source, Schumacher has suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and is now in critical condition at the hospital in Grenoble, France.

Again, we must stress that we are still waiting for an official statement from Schumacher’s group. As soon as it is released, we will pass it along to you.

UPDATE (2:10 p.m. ET): Various reports are now saying that a further update on the condition of Michael Schumacher will be released by his management team shortly.

Initial reports had a press conference taking place at the hospital in Grenoble, France, where Schumacher was taken after he sustained a head injury this morning while skiing in the nearby town of Meribel. However, that will not be the case, apparently.

Seven-time Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher has been injured in a skiing accident in France. According to reports from Sky and the BBC, he has suffered a minor head injury after hitting his head on a rock.

Schumacher, 44, was wearing a helmet and did not appear to lose consciousness while skiing in the town of Meribel. After the incident, he has been transported to hospital via helicopter.

Christophe Gernignon-Lecomte, director general of Meribel ski resort, did not know the severity of the incident but explained the situation to French media outlets.

“For the moment I don’t know the severity of the injury,” he said to French radio station RMC, via Sky. “The gendarmes are at the scene investigating how the accident happened. He was taken by helicopter to Grenoble Hospital. I don’t know if it happened on piste or off piste.”

Past 10:30 a.m. ET, an update from Schumacher’s PR: “Michael fell on his head..He was taken to hospital and is receiving medical attention.”

Schumacher has long enjoyed skiing as one of his main activities outside of driving. His first retirement from F1 came in 2006; he returned for a three-year stint with Mercedes from 2010 to 2012, with limited success.

IndyCar results, points after Detroit Grand Prix

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DETROIT — Alex Palou topped the results of an NTT IndyCar Series race for the second time this season, extending his championship points lead with his victory in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix.

The Chip Ganassi Racing driver, who also won the GMR Grand Prix (and the Indy 500 pole position) last month, holds a 51-point lead over teammate Marcus Ericsson (ninth at Detroit) through seven of 17 races this season.

Ganassi, which placed all four of its drivers in the top 10 at Detroit, has three of the top four in the championship standings with Scott Dixon ranked fourth after a fourth at Detroit.

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Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden is third in the standings after taking a 10th at Detroit. Pato O’Ward slipped to fifth in the points after crashing and finishing 26th

Here are the IndyCar results and points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:


RESULTS

Click here for the official box score from the 100-lap race on a nine-turn, 1.645-mile street course in downtown Detroit.

Lap leader summary

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Event summary

Pit stop summary

Here is the finishing order in the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix with starting position in parentheses, driver, engine, laps completed and reason out (if any):

1. (1) Alex Palou, Honda, 100, Running
2. (7) Will Power, Chevrolet, 100, Running
3. (9) Felix Rosenqvist, Chevrolet, 100, Running
4. (4) Scott Dixon, Honda, 100, Running
5. (13) Alexander Rossi, Chevrolet, 100, Running
6. (12) Kyle Kirkwood, Honda, 100, Running
7. (2) Scott McLaughlin, Chevrolet, 100, Running
8. (11) Marcus Armstrong, Honda, 100, Running
9. (6) Marcus Ericsson, Honda, 100, Running
10. (5) Josef Newgarden, Chevrolet, 100, Running
11. (24) Colton Herta, Honda, 100, Running
12. (17) Devlin DeFrancesco, Honda, 100, Running
13. (8) Simon Pagenaud, Honda, 100, Running
14. (20) Agustin Canapino, Chevrolet, 100, Running
15. (15) Conor Daly, Chevrolet, 100, Running
16. (18) Christian Lundgaard, Honda, 100, Running
17. (25) Jack Harvey, Honda, 100, Running
18. (14) Rinus VeeKay, Chevrolet, 100, Running
19. (23) Helio Castroneves, Honda, 100, Running
20. (19) Benjamin Pedersen, Chevrolet, 97, Running
21. (22) Santino Ferrucci, Chevrolet, 97, Running
22. (26) Sting Ray Robb, Honda, 97, Running
23. (21) David Malukas, Honda, 85, Contact
24. (3) Romain Grosjean, Honda, 80, Contact
25. (27) Graham Rahal, Honda, 50, Contact
26. (10) Pato O’Ward, Chevrolet, 41, Contact
27. (16) Callum Ilott, Chevrolet, 1, Contact

Winner’s average speed: 80.922 mph; Time of Race: 02:01:58.1171; Margin of victory: 1.1843 seconds; Cautions: 7 for 32 laps; Lead changes: 10 among seven drivers. Lap Leaders: Palou 1-28; Power 29-33; O’Ward 34; Palou 35-55; Power 56-64; Palou 65; Rossi 66; Newgarden 67-68; Kirkwood 69; Ericsson 70-76; Palou 77-100.


POINTS

Click here for the points tally in the race.

Here are the points standings after the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix:

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Top 10 in points: Palou 273, Ericsson 222, Newgarden 203, Dixon 194, O’Ward 191, Rossi 176, McLaughlin 175, Power 172, Herta 149, Rosenqvist 148.

Rest of the standings: Grosjean 145, Kirkwood 142, Lundgaard 136, Ilott 116, VeeKay 108, Ferrucci 105, Armstrong 101, Rahal 99, Malukas 91, Daly 88, DeFrancesco 81, Castroneves 80, Harvey 78, Canapino 77, Pagenaud 72, Pedersen 61, Robb 55, Takuma Sato 37, Ed Carpenter 27, Ryan Hunter-Reay 20, Tony Kanaan 18, Marco Andretti 13, RC Enerson 5, Katherine Legge 5.

Next race: IndyCar will head to Road America for the Sonsio Grand Prix, which will take place June 18 with coverage starting at 1 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.