Point of Impact: Interview with Charlie Whiting
Heikki Kovalainen will find out next weekend if he's given the all-clear to race in the Turkish Grand Prix, but whatever the outcome, it's clear he escaped any serious harm in his high-speed crash at Barcelona. And, as FIA's Charlie Whiting explains to Adam Cooper, luck has little to do with it
The sight of Heikki Kovalainen waving as he was being stretchered away from the scene of last weekend's accident was a relief to everyone watching at home and at the track. If he gets the all-clear from the FIA medical team in Istanbul next Thursday, the Finn will be allowed to participate in the Turkish Grand Prix.
Of course there is always an element of good fortune in such matters, but equally there is also a lot of science. The fact that the McLaren driver emerged from such a major accident without harm says a lot for the steady progress the FIA has made on safety matters over the past few decades, and especially since Imola 1994 provided an extra impetus.
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