{"id":22498,"date":"2014-07-07T06:57:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-07T10:57:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=22498"},"modified":"2014-07-07T06:57:48","modified_gmt":"2014-07-07T10:57:48","slug":"raikkonen-to-miss-silverstone-test-after-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/raikkonen-to-miss-silverstone-test-after-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Raikkonen to miss Silverstone test after crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kimi Raikkonen is expected to sit out this week’s post-British grand prix test at Silverstone.<\/p>\n

\"Kimi-Raikkonen-4\"Circuit workers took an hour to repair the unprotected armco barrier that the Ferrari driver struck on Sunday before taking a further hit by Felipe Massa.<\/p>\n

The Finn limped away from the scene on the arm of a marshal and into the medical car, and it later emerged that Ferrari telemetry recorded an impact of 47G.<\/p>\n

Reportedly, Raikkonen’s first words on the radio after the impact were: “Is Felipe ok?”<\/p>\n

But it was Raikkonen who “took a hard knock on the ankle and also has pain in a knee,” Ferrari confirmed.<\/p>\n

“He will now have to rest but he will be back in time for the next round in Germany,” the team added.<\/p>\n

Boss Marco Mattiacci confirmed that Raikkonen will be “resting” from now until Hockenheim, which implies that he will not be in action for the test this week.<\/p>\n

Bild newspaper said Ferrari junior and Marussia racer Jules Bianchi is the likely substitute.<\/p>\n

Mattiacci is not confirming that yet.<\/p>\n

“We still have to take a decision,” he said.\u00a0 “I want to be 100 per cent sure that he’s super fine, but no major issue at the moment.”<\/p>\n

34-year-old Raikkonen’s long-time trainer Mark Arnall told Turun Sanomat newspaper that the driver was “examined thoroughly” after the crash, and has definitely not damaged any bones.<\/p>\n

“He is sore,” said Arnall, “but thankfully he has escaped anything worse.”<\/p>\n

And the 2007 world champion’s manager Steve Robertson added: “His left ankle is severely bruised, but nothing is broken.<\/p>\n

“We assume that Kimi will be fit again for Hockenheim.”<\/p>\n

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