Only weeks before his 90th birthday in January 2007, he was badly injured in an accident near the Nürburgring and was hospitalized for 14 days in intensive care.
Só semanas antes do seu 90 aniversario en xaneiro de 2007, resultou gravemente ferido nun accidente preto de Nürburgring, e foi hospitalizado durante 14 días en coidados intensivos.