25/06/2005
NEWS STORY
Gerd Pfeiffer, chief test engineer with Toyota, has confirmed that Ralf Schumacher will participate in next weekend's French Grand Prix.
The German missed the United States race (who didn't?) after crashing heavily on Friday, in an accident uncannily similar to the incident that occurred twelve months earlier, which caused him to miss six races.
"Ralf has no lasting ill effects after his accident at last Friday," said Pfeiffer, "but we always make driver safety the priority. The team's medical staff decided that the sensible thing to do was maximise Ralf's recovery time before Magny Cours, where he will return to the cockpit alongside Jarno."