Bakkerud to miss Istanbul race
Christian Bakkerud will miss the second round of the GP2 season at Istanbul next weekend after suffering severe spinal bruising in an accident in race one at Barcelona last weekend
The Dane says the injury is not a recurrence of a disc problem that kept him out of five races last season, and expects to be back in the car for the rounds at Monaco on May 24-25.
"The diagnosis from the team of specialists who have been treating me in Austria is that it's not that problem that kept me out last year," he said.
"Instead, I incurred severe spinal bruising as a result of incidents in Dubai and Spain.
"Contact with another car pitched me up in the air and the heavy landing inflicted the bruising.
"While I'm obviously very disappoint to be missing the Istanbul race, I'm relieved it's not a recurrence of last year's problem and I feel very confident that I will be fully fit for Monaco."
Bakkerud's Super Nova team have not yet confirmed his replacement for Turkey.
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