McLaren’s Finnish driver will race in Istanbul

Heikki Kovalainen gives a double thumbs-up – Paul McCartney would be proud – after being given the all clear to race in Turkey this weekend. The McLaren driver, who torpedoed off the track during the Spanish GP last month, was examined this morning and found to be in tip-top condition. An FIA statement read as follows:

“Following a medical examination this morning by the FIA Medical Delegate, Professor Jean-Charles Piette, and the Chief Medical Officer of the event, Dr. Cem Boneval, Heikki Kovalainen was cleared to race in the 2008 Turkish Grand Prix.”