Ho-Pin Tung also sustained a back injury in Saturday’s GP2 crash.<\/p>\n
We reported earlier that Jules Bianchi, a development driver under contract with Ferrari, fractured a vertebrae in a nose-to-nose crash at the start of the F1 support-race in Hungary.<\/p>\n
It was Renault reserve driver Ho-Pin Tung’s car that struck Bianchi, and the Chinese was also airlifted after the crash to the AEK hospital in nearby Budapest.<\/p>\n
The Enstone based team confirmed on Sunday that Tung has now had an MRI scan “which confirmed a very small fracture on the lumbar vertebra”.<\/p>\n
“No surgery is required and his period of recovery is not expected to be an extended one,” Renault added, revealing that Tung will stay in hospital until Tuesday.<\/p>\n
“A further medical examination is scheduled for two weeks’ time to assess his recovery,” the statement continued.<\/p>\n
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