Ralf Schumacher withdraws from Italian Grand Prix

Ralf Schumacher’s already slim title hopes were dealt a terminal blow this morning when he was forced to pull out of tomorrow’s Italian Grand Prix at Monza.

The 28-year-old Williams-BMW driver was withdrawn after complaining of headaches following yesterday’s first qualifying session having barrel-rolled out of testing at the track last week. He will be replaced by Spain’s Marc Gene.