Crash mars Raikkonen’s Spain win

KIMI RAIKKONEN cruised to victory in a Spanish Grand Prix that was marred by an horrendous accident involving Heikki Kovalainen.

Crash mars Raikkonen’s Spain win
Mon, 28 Apr, 2008 - 01:00

The Finn miraculously suffered nothing more than concussion after ploughing into a tyre wall nose first at 150mph at the Circuit de Catalunya in Barcelona.

The McLaren driver was eventually airlifted to a nearby hospital with his neck in a brace to undergo a series of precautionary checks.

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