Pascal Wehrlein is hoping he will be given the all clear to start testing following an injury he sustained during the Race of Champions event in January.
The Sauber driver flipped his car after making contact with a barrier and although he felt well after the crash, doctors advised him to skip the opening test as a precaution.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Wehrlein said he felt well enough to test, but he would only know for sure when he undergoes a medical examination at the end of the week, which if passed as fit, would see him in the car for the second test.
"I’m feeling okay, no pain, nothing, just something as a precaution to avoid any more difficult injury than I have at the moment, so it’s just something to be safe for the future and that’s it," he said.
"I hope [to drive during the second test], at the moment it’s still unclear as I will have a check again at the end of this week, I will see some doctors and then let’s see, I hope for sure that they will give me the green light and they say everything is fine and you can get back to racing but you never know.
"After the crash everything felt fine, I checked that everything was fine with the passenger. After a crash you always go to a doctor and check yourself and they said it’s better you don’t drive tomorrow, then I went to the doctors again in Europe and they said I should skip this test.
"Just in the first few days I had a bit of pain, sore everywhere which is normal after a crash, but at the moment I have no pain, feeling fine, doing my training as normal, and I can’t wait to go back into the car."
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