Posted on Friday, May 30, 2008 by Maka Asatiani
Nico Rosberg has confirmed that he escaped completely unscathed from his Monaco Grand Prix accident and has no fitness concerns for next weekend's Montreal race. The Williams driver slammed into the Swimming Pool barriers in the closing stages in Monte Carlo, and although he immediately jumped out of the wrecked car. After that he was taken to hospital for further checks after the ferocious impact.

Rosberg wrote in a column on the Williams website that now he is fine, his crush was a big one, but there’s no damage. After consulting the doctors on-site he decided, as a precaution, to go to the Princess Grace Hospital in Monaco. By the way all the routine checks in the hospital showed that everything was perfectly fine, so Nico was released to go home rather quickly. After a couple of days' rest, he is currently preparing and training as normal for the Canadian Grand Prix. He also admits that the crash was purely down to a driver error on the still-treacherous track."The cause of the accident was straightforward; I was pushing really hard on dry tyres and coming into the Swimming Pool corner after Tabac when the rear of the car flicked out suddenly on entry, most probably on a patch of water under braking. After that I was a passenger and hit the barrier on the right before being thrown across the track into the barrier on the left." - said Rosberg.

The German added that it was a frustrating way for his weekend to end after flying throughout the weekend – including setting the second-fastest time in Friday practice and Q2, and securing a strong sixth on the grid in a heavy car.

"What made the shunt so disappointing was the fact that the FW30 had been really competitive during practice and qualifying," – says Nico Rosberg.

Now Rosberg’s fans could calm down and follow his race way to the end.

Source: Formula1.com

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