Vitaly Petrov believes he will be cleared to return to action at the Canadian Grand Prix despite his heavy crash in Monaco on Sunday.
Renault driver upbeat over his return
Renault's Vitaly Petrov believes he will be cleared to return to action at the Canadian Grand Prix despite his heavy crash in Monaco on Sunday.
The Russian was lucky not to suffer a leg fracture after he hit the barrier of the swimming pool with six laps to go at Monte Carlo.
And Petrov is now upbeat about his chances of racing again in Montreal on June 12.
"I'm fine. I have some hurting in my legs, but it should be fine for Canada," he told Renault's official site.
"I couldn't get out of the car because first of all my legs were blocked. And also I didn't feel them. So I thought 'oh, I have a problem', because it looked like my leg was broken or something. I was in the car, waiting for the people to help me get out of the car.
"At the hospital they did a full body check and analysis and it looks like I'm fine. I need just a little bit of rest and then we'll see what is going on."
Brake
Petrov insists he had little hope of avoiding a crash after drivers in front of him slowed as Adrian Sutil's ailing Force India had suffered a puncture.
"I saw the Force India go wide because I think he touched the wall and then he had a puncture," said Petrov.
"Then Alguersuari, I don't know why he overtook me because he was being lapped.
"Then I think Alguersuari started to brake because Lewis started to brake - he tried to avoid the accident, he braked quite hard and Alguersuari tried to do the same.
"But he touched Lewis's tyre and went flying a little bit. I started to brake, braked as hard as I could, but it was maybe too late. In this situation you cannot do anything. So I hit the wall."
