News Details

Raikkonen rested for Silverstone test

Ferrari are resting Kimi Raikkonen from this week's test session at Silverstone to aid his recovery from his high-speed crash at the British Grand Prix. Raikkonen, 34, bruised his legs in a crash at more than 150mph during lap one of Sunday's race. Marussia's Jules Bianchi will stand in for Raikkonen on Wednesday - but the Finn is expected to be fit to race in the German Grand Prix on 20 July. 'Kimi is fine. He wanted to drive,' said a Ferrari spokesman. 'But we want him to rest to let his bruises heal before Germany.' Raikkonen sustained an impact of 47G - 47 times the force of gravity - in his crash on the Wellington Straight. Raikkonen has scored 19 points in nine races this season...
Full Story »
9y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Raikkonen out of Silverstone test

Ferrari have confirmed that Kimi Raikkonen will sit out the Silverstone...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Bianchi replaces Raikkonen at Ferrari for test

Ferrari has confirmed that Kimi Raikkonen will miss the Silverstone...
9y ago from Crash.net

Raikkonen to miss Silverstone test after crash

Kimi Raikkonen is expected to sit out this week's post-British grand prix...
9y ago from GrandPrix.com

Raikkonen may miss Silverstone test

Kimi Raikkonen could be set to miss this week’s Silverstone test after...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Ducati: Bastianini's COTA MotoGP podium an...

Ducati General Manager Gigi Dall’Igna labelled Enea Bastianini's podium...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Pourchaire to make IndyCar debut in Long Beach with...

Arrow McLaren has announced that the reigning Formula 2 champion Theo...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar's new Aeroscreen makes early debut at Long...

The NTT IndyCar Series will have teams fit a new version of the Aeroscreen...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Sebastian Ogier tops Croatia Rally shakedown

Sébastien Ogier announced his return to FIA World Rally Championship...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Chelsea, Newcastle United 'considering move for...

Chelsea and Newcastle United are allegedly contemplating a summer move for...
1h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Manchester United & Arsenal would directly...

Julian Nagelsmann could make several changes in the Bayern Munich squad...
53m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Collymore’s column: Arteta might not be right for...

In his exclusive column for CaughtOffside, former Aston Villa and...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Pressure is on, Mikel' – Collymore questions...

Mikel Arteta couldn't hide his disappointment after Arsenal were dumped...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.