08-May-08: Kovalainen Given the Okay to Race in Turkey
Welcome to F1 Minute, it’s the 8th May.
Heikki Kovalainen has been given the all clear to race in Turkey this weekend, after an FIA medical examination today. Heikki says he is obviously very pleased about the decision as he is feeling 100% ready.
The FIA have confirmed that there’s a small tweak to the qualifying setup, due to Super Aguri’s withdrawal from the competition. From this Saturday, the first and second sessions of qualifying will see five cars drop out each, leaving ten to go through to the third session. This rewrite comes after the rules were already adjusted to accommodate the missing Prodrive team, and now we are down to just twenty cars.
Finally today, there is controversy surrounding Germany’s new state-sponsored sporting Hall of Fame, as it misses of three of the most famous sporting personalities. Michael Schumacher, and tennis stars Steffi Graf and Boris Becker are all missing. The initiative is intended to encourage youngsters to take up sport, but the list is made up of mostly deceased sporting heroes.
That’s all for today, please join me again tomorrow for another F1 Minute.
shaun on Fri, 9th May 2008 15:52
Wheres the Turkey preview video??????????
me on Fri, 9th May 2008 16:19
doing it right now, promise. had some difficulties. be with ya asap.
shaun on Fri, 9th May 2008 16:47
‘Roger that, holding on stand by.’
Cheers (:
Christine on Sat, 10th May 2008 07:40
Shaun, the preview video is up on the website now - and we’ll be upoading to all the other sites (YouTube etc.) later today.
Sorry for the delay
shaun on Sat, 10th May 2008 08:39
No probs, it’s just been embedded on my site.
Cheers - and enjoy the qualifying.
S.