Motor racing-Toyota say Glock fit to test on Thursday

Tue Jul 22, 2008 5:21pm BST
 
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LONDON, July 22 (Reuters) - Timo Glock will test for Toyota in Spain on Thursday after being given the all-clear following his big crash in Sunday's German Grand Prix, the Formula One team said on Tuesday.

The 26-year-old German, who will join the team in Jerez, spent Sunday night in hospital in Ludwigshafen for precautionary checks and returned home on Monday before further medical tests.

"Those tests have confirmed Timo suffered no injuries or concussion," Toyota said in a statement.

"Therefore he has been given the all-clear to return to the cockpit on Thursday before he competes in the Hungarian Grand Prix."

Glock said he felt fine and the accident had looked worse on television than in real life.

"It was a really hard impact and my back hurt immediately after I got out of the car but now it is fine," he said.

"Physically I feel absolutely fine so I am looking forward to getting back in the car on Thursday."

Toyota said an investigation into the crash, which brought out the safety car in the Hockenheim race, had traced the cause of the accident to the right rear trackrod.

They said there had been no exceptional circumstances before the accident and Glock running wide at the last corner had not triggered the crash either.

(Reporting by Alan Baldwin; editing by Padraic Halpin)

 

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