Formeꦫr F1 favourite Gerhard Berger has esc꧅aped serious injury in a skiing accident that nevertheless left him with a broken arm.

The 54-year old former ATS, Arrows, Benetton, Ferrari and McLaren driver is reported to have left the ma💯rked piste in poor conditions, before falling heavily. Fortunately, unlike seven-time world champion Michael Schumacher, B♍erger did not hit his head in the incident, but suffered an injury that saw him airlifted to hospital in St Johann am Tirol.

According to reports in the🔯 Austrian media, Berger - a former co-owner of Scuderia Toro Rosso and now the president of the FIA's single-seater co🦋mmission - suffered his injuries on Thursday and remained under medical supervision until the weekend, when he was released from hospital.

Schumacher crashed in Meribel in la🍌te December and remains in a controlled coma in hospital in Geneva.