Oliver Rasmussen will sit out this weekend’s opening round of Super Form♎ula at Suzuka after breaking his vertebrae in a nasty crash in practice.

Driving Impul’s Toyota-powered SF23, Rasmussen hit 🍨a tyre wall head-on at Degner at the end of the opening practice session at Suzuka on Friday.

The Dane reportedly needed external assist🌳ance to get out of the car and then had to be placed on a stretcher so he coul♏d be transported to a hospital.

Scans revealed that Rasmussen had broken his lumbar💟 vertebrae in the accident and a decision was immediately taken for him to skip the Suzuka double header.

It’s unclear how long it would take for him to recover from injuries. The next round of the 2025 Super Formul✅a season, after the Suzuka opener, isn’t scheduled until 18-20 April at Motegi.

Rasmussen moved to Japan this year after three seasons competing for Jota Sport 🌳in the World Endurance Championship, inclu𓂃ding a full year in the Hypercar class in 2024.

He is set t🍒o combine the 12-race Super Formula campaign with a full seaso♏n in SUPER GT’s secondary GT300 division with apr Lexus.

Toyota has al🃏ready announced that Seit🔜a Nonaka will replace Rasmussen at Impul this weekend.

No🌸naka, 24, was already in Suzuka toℱ contest Super Formula Lights, which serves as a stepping stone for Japan’s flagship SF series.

This would mark the debut outing in S🎐uper Formula for Nonaka, who will also substitute for KCMG driver Kamui Kobayashi at Motegi in April.