BEIJING, April 29 -- Heikki Kovalainen will remain in a Barcelona hospital for a second night to undergo further medical tests following a high-speed crash at the Spanish Grand Prix. The McLaren driver was traveling at 240 kilometers per hour when his car went off the track and slammed into the protective wall at the Circuit de Catalunya on Sunday. The 26-year-old Finn, who was briefly unconscious, was taken by helicopter to a local hospital but escaped without serious injuries.

Finnish McLaren- Mercedes Formula One driver Heikki Kovalainen is taken out of his car after he crashed during the Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmelo, near Barcelona, Sunday.

Hospital spokesman Pilar Caballero said yesterday that Kovalainen was in good spirits and that the extra day of tests was routine. "I am happy with how Heikki is doing," McLaren team doctor Aki Hintsa said.

"Considering the crash he had, he is doing very well."

Several medical staff from the hospital said he was talking and in good spirits.

"He has had a full head scan and there is no significant bruising or damage ?? that's extremely good news," McLaren team CEO Martin Whitmarsh said in a statement. "Heikki was briefly unconscious but he was lucid soon after the accident and I'm told he was actually quite jolly, which is fairly typical."

Kovalainen crashes during the race. He was rushed by helicopter to a hospital in Barcelona, where he was in stable condition.

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