Raikkonen crashed heavily into the armco barrier at the entry to the Wellington straight, the Finn having run wide through Aintree on lap one, losing control and spearing into the wall, before skating across the track, where he was collected by the slow starting Williams of Felipe Massa.
The Ferrari man was seen to limp as he extracted himself from his heavily damaged car, before being collected by the medical car and escorted to Silverstone’s medical centre.