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Kovalainen crashes at the Race of Champions

Finnish driver Heikki Kovalainen is out of hospital after crashing his car at the Race of Champions in Dusseldorf. "Back home again, more checks tomorrow to be done, heads a bit sore was unconscious for 30 [seconds]," he tells Twitter.
Full story: Heikki Kovalainen on Twitter

Lotus driver Kovalainen was sent for a hospital check-up after crashing his Audi R8 LMS into a concrete wall at the race.
Full story: raceofchampions.com

Shortly after the incident, Kovalainen described the crash to his fans on Twitter as a "hardcore shunt with throttle jammed and rear suspension damaged, got knocked out, now some medical checkups..."
Full story: Heikki Kovalainen on Twitter

Meanwhile, Portuguese driver Filipe Albuquerque has won the Race of Champions at the first time of asking after overcoming World Rally champion Sebastien Loeb 2-1 in the best of three grand final. Formula 1 world champion Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher were also among the 16 competitors.
Full story: raceofchampions.com

Scotland's Paul di Resta's hopes of becoming an F1 driver were given a boost after he won the German Touring Car (DTM) championship. Di Resta won for Mercedes after coming in second behind England's Gary Paffett in the season-ending race in Shanghai.
Reuters news agency

Two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso insists he is happy with his first season at Ferrari even though he was beaten to the title by Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel. "All that was lacking was the cherry on the cake, but hey, we knew that could happen," he said.
Full story: Marca (in Spanish)

Ferrari President Luca di Montezemolo, meanwhile, has said his team will not make major changes in 2011. "Changes within the team? That is not our philosophy," he said. "For years now we have adopted a policy based on dynamic stability - a few minor adjustments are possible, but no major upheaval."
Full story: ferrari.com

Red Bull's Mark Webber and test driver Daniel Ricciardo will drive their team's show car in Perth's first Festival of Speed at Wanneroo Raceway on Sunday. "It's awesome to be back in Australia and it's great to get a Formula 1 car to this part of the country," Webber said.
Full story: F1Technical.net

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