Gabriele Tarquini has been released from hospital after his opening lap accident during the second race of the World Touring Car Championship at the Hungaroring.
Having been examined at the Military Hospital in Budapest, the 51 year old was released last Sunday night and is expected to have further medical checks during this week ahead of the trip to Salzburgring for rounds 9 and 10 of the 2013 World Touring Car Championship.
“Gabriele is doing fine,” Dario D’Esposito explains. “He called me as soon as he was released from the hospital at 10 o’clock Sunday evening and I booked his flight home. He is sore around the rib cage but there is nothing broken and his neck is not sore at all.
“We would all like to thank the medical team at the Hungaroring who did a first class professional job for Gabriele at the circuit and they kept the neck brace on him for the journey to the hospital. As I know him he is a tough guy with a real racers mind.”
The accident, which happened at corner 3 of the Hungaroring circuit, damaged both the front and rear ends of the #3 Castrol Honda Racing Honda Civic and D’Esposito admits that until the car is back at base, they won’t know what damage they’ll find.
“He will be as quick as ever in Austria and will want to get points so we have to race to get the Civic ready for him right away. Whether we have time for a shake-down will depend on what we find when the car is in the workshop,” concluded the Castrol Honda race events manager.