"It's something that we all should look very carefully at, to see if there are better compromises," he admitted, "Luckily, I had no injuries and I was not in a hurry to get out of there. My life was not threatened because of that, so in this case, the tyres did the work very well. But, had I injured myself while hitting the barrier, maybe then it was more important to get myself out of there quickly and it would have been a bit marginal. It's something we should have a look at."
Asked if he would have preferred to see the sort of barrier used in the United States replace the more traditional European tyre wall, Kovalainen said that there were other considerations to take into account.
"I think we probably should look more individually at the most dangerous corners," he explained, "We can see ourselves which are the most critical places, and probably make decisions accordingly. It's not that straightforward, just adding some kind of wall here and everywhere. It's not that simple. For myself, at turn nine in Barcelona, [the tyre wall] worked very well this time, but we've just got to see if we can do anything better - and look at other corners as well."
The Finn will be back in action in Turkey this weekend, having passed the
FIA's mandatory fitness assessment, and showed that he had lost none of his trademark sense of humour.
"It's basically the test all the drivers have to go through when they start their career in
F1," he revealed, "When I started last year in Australia, I did the base line test. It is a combination of tests and calculations. Basically, they check how your brain and body is working and the reactions. I redid the test this morning and improved the score, so the impact seems to have a good effect!
