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Glock to test at Jerez on Thursday

Timo Glock will be back in action on Thursday following his heavy crash at the German Grand Prix

The German spent Sunday night in hospital after a violent impact against the pit wall when he suffered a suspected suspension failure on lap 36 of the race.

Glock left hospital yesterday and his Toyota team confirmed he will be testing at this week's Jerez test.

"I am fine. I spent Sunday night in the hospital but only so the doctors could complete their checks," said Glock. "They ran x-rays and an MRI scan and found no problems at all, so I went home on Monday morning for some rest and more checks with my doctor.

"It was a really hard impact and my back hurt immediately after I got out of the car but now it is fine. Actually, it looked worse on TV than it really was.

"Physically I feel absolutely fine so I am looking forward to getting back in the car on Thursday. We will be preparing for the Hungarian Grand Prix so it is an important test and I am pleased I can contribute.

"Then of course I will be racing in Hungary where I expect the same strong performance level and hopefully a points finish."

Speaking about the accident, he said: "I was running well and looking set for the points but I ran a little wide on the last corner of lap 35. That wasn't a major problem because most cars were doing that at some stage in the race but I just felt the back of the car go.

"I tried to catch it but I was not able to. I had no control at that point and was just a passenger. When I saw it later on TV I could see something broke in the right rear suspension."

Toyota had launched an investigation to determine the cause of the failure and the Japanese squad said on Tuesday that it had been traced to the right rear toelink/trackrod.

"After studying data from the car, it has been determined that there were no exceptional circumstances immediately before the incident and Timo running wide at the last corner on that lap was not the cause," said the team.

"The team is now conducting a thorough analysis of the loading data from earlier in the race to determine if an event occurred which caused this. All available evidence is being studied to find the cause."

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