there's no denying, has been a distraction. as that affected your mind-set at all? >> no, no, we're professional. >> reporter: meantime, saturday qualifying seeing nick shoemaker involved in a horrific high-seed crash. the 23-year-old losing control of his car and crashing head-on at the exit of turn 12. the session delayed for nearly an hour, as marshals cleared the track of debris. schumacher shown on the tv broadcast sitting up on a stretcher and chatting, as he was waiting to be loaded on to the air ambulance en route to hospital before being later released. thankfully, according to his team, the young german physically in a good condition, but he won't be taking part in sunday's race. >> i spoke with this man a few times and kept her updated. he has no injuries, which you can see. they just wanted to check on him, doing some scans to see