Kovalainen passed fit for Turkey
McLaren driver Heikki Kovalainen has been passed fit to race in this weekend's Turkish Grand Prix. The Finn was knocked out after crashing at 150mph during the Spanish Grand Prix, with his car wedging itself under a tyre wall and taking over ten minutes for him to be freed from the wreckage.
But following a series of fitness tests, Kovalainen will join team-mate Lewis Hamilton on the grid for round five of the world championship.
And the 26-year-old insisted he did not doubt he would pass the tests and claimed the crash looked worse than it was.
"I am obviously very pleased with the decision by the FIA Medical Team," he told McLaren's official website.
"I arrived here today feeling confident that I would pass the FIA test as I feel 100% and if I had not felt 100% I would have told the team already and stayed at home.
"My preparation for this weekend has gone well and we have done a lot of fitness training.
"Obviously a big thumbs up for all the FIA safety standards and the guys in Spain who worked hard to get me out of the car safely.
"I think the accident probably looked worse than it was for me.
"I had a little headache but was back in training almost immediately. I now look forward to the rest of the weekend and the rest of the season."
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