FIA investigating Kovalainen delay

F1's governing body is investigating why it took doctors several minutes to access the unconscious Heikki Kovalainen after he became trapped under the tyre wall during the Spanish Grand Prix.
The McLaren driver crashed at 160mph at Barcelona on Sunday, careering off the circuit and into the safety barriers. Dr Stephen Olvey, a member of the FIA safety division, said the delay in getting medical attention to the Finnish driver could have been tragic.



"If you are unconscious and perhaps not breathing you don't have more than two or three minutes before you get some kind of significant damage. So, that's going to have to be looked into," he said.

A spokesperson for the FIA confirmed that an analysis of the incident is taking place.
"It's too early to comment on the incident other than to confirm that the FIA's safety experts have already begun a very detailed analysis of accident data," he said