Former Finnish Formula 1 driver Mika Salo was hospitalised in Thailand after being injured in a knife attack in Bangkok.
According to Finnish media, Salo was crossing a pedestrian crossing on Tuesday when a moped rider passed close by. He initially believed he had only been lightly hit, before discovering blood pouring from his leg.
“I looked down and saw that my shoe was completely covered in blood,” Salo told Finnish newspaper IS.
The former Ferrari stand-in driver later sought treatment at a local hospital, where doctors reportedly found a deep wound on his calf. Salo said medical staff suspected the injury may have been caused by a knife due to the clean and straight nature of the cut.
Hospital staff also reportedly told Salo that several other people had arrived with similar injuries the same evening, allegedly linked to the same moped rider.
Salo competed in 109 Formula 1 races during the 1990s and early 2000s. He is best known for replacing injured Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher during the 1999 Formula 1 season.
The Finnish driver said his wound had so far avoided infection and he is recovering after the incident.
