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Hamilton cleared by hospital

Lewis Hamilton has been provisionally cleared to race in tomorrow's Grand Prix at the Nurburgring after returning from hospital. The McLaren team is now confident that its driver will be allowed to race following a routine check by the FIA on Sunday morning.

"There is at this moment in time absolutely no medical reason that he can't race," team boss Ron Dennis told reporters in the F1 paddock at Nurburgring. "I would be surprised if he was not able to race."

The 22-year-old went to hospital for some scans and has been declared fit enough by hospital doctors. But the FIA gets the final say and the McLaren driver will be checked by its doctors on Sunday morning prior to the European Grand Prix.

A statement from McLaren read: "Vodafone McLaren Mercedes are very happy to confirm that Lewis Hamilton is completely uninjured following his accident during today's qualifying at the Nurburgring.

"Following a thorough examination at the on-track medical centre, he was flown to the Koblenz Bundeswehr Hospital where he underwent a full precautionary CT scan which proved to be entirely normal.

"Lewis has no bruises and is highly motivated to race tomorrow. As is normal, a final sign-off by the FIA Medical Delegate Gary Hartstein will take place tomorrow morning which the team believes will be positive.

"If cleared to race, he will start from 10th position with the same fuel load as he started qualifying with."

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