日韩午夜精品视频,欧美私密网站,国产一区二区三区四区,国产主播一区二区三区四区

Home / Sports / News Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read | Comment
Kovalainen keen to get back on racing track
Adjust font size:

McLaren's Heikki Kovalainen said he had no fears about returning to racing in next week's Turkish Grand Prix after his big crash in Spain last weekend.

"I want to get back to racing as soon as possible," the Finland driver said on Friday in a team preview. "Since the accident at Barcelona it has been my only focus.

"Everyone involved in the sport, the FIA in particular, is always working on improving safety for the drivers but Formula One is a risky business. You know that as a driver, but you don't think about it.

"If you worry about things like that, you lose focus. I guess it's just not in my psyche," said Kovalainen.

The 26-year-old was knocked unconscious in the crash at the Circuit de Catalunya last Sunday and spent the night in hospital under observation.

He said afterwards that he had no recollection of the accident, in which his McLaren penetrated the tire barrier at around 130 kph.

Kovalainen, who will have a mandatory fitness test in Istanbul before being cleared to race, said he was feeling better and the stiffness in his neck had almost gone.

The Finn said he had left Spain on Thursday and returned to Finland to resume training.

British teammate Lewis Hamilton will join him over the weekend for training.

"I can't wait to get back into the car and race with the team next weekend," said Kovalainen. "But at the end of the day that decision is out of my hands, the FIA will make it based on safety grounds only."

McLaren Chief Executive Martin Whitmarsh said the team would organize a full neurological examination for the driver before he left Finland.

He added that McLaren, which has Spaniard Pedro de la Rosa as reserve driver, had a plan in place should the FIA rule out Kovalainen's return in Istanbul.

If the Finn is cleared, he will race the team's spare car from Barcelona and a new spare would be sent to Turkey from McLaren's factory.

(Agencies via Shanghai Daily May 4, 2008)

Tools: Save | Print | E-mail | Most Read

Comment
Pet Name
Anonymous
China Archives
Related >>
- Kovalainen still in hospital
- Kovalainen crashes during the race
Most Viewed >>
- Seattle guard Durant named Rookie of the Year
- Chinese men pair advances to final at Shanghai beach volley
- S Africa wins 4 more golds in African Athletics Championships
- Murphy to play China's Ding after longest frame at snooker China Open
- Taekwondo 18th Asian Taekwondo Championships
主站蜘蛛池模板: 岑巩县| 绥阳县| 托里县| 灵丘县| 京山县| 天峨县| 红桥区| 错那县| 南涧| 嘉禾县| 竹北市| 浠水县| 甘德县| 拉孜县| 巴彦县| 高唐县| 广昌县| 鹰潭市| 涞水县| 江口县| 辽阳市| 博罗县| 巨野县| 得荣县| 寻甸| 宁明县| 大荔县| 星座| 佛山市| 和田县| 洛南县| 阜新| 辽中县| 二连浩特市| 五大连池市| 台南县| 丘北县| 凤山县| 贡山| 南丰县| 乐亭县|