Rovanperä opened up about his feelings.
Kalle Rovanperä was banned from driving. Vesa Pöppönen / AOP
Kalle Rovanperä himself was surprised by the health problems he faced on Wednesday.
The driver, who is tuning his formula career, was banned from driving practically as soon as he got behind the wheel of his new car at the Suzuka motor track.
The cause was said to be benign positional vertigo. It affects the sense of balance.
– I have never had such symptoms, so I was a little surprised, Rovanperä commented on Motorspot.com.
– But apparently this can happen to anyone and at any time. Unlucky that it happened to me right now, he continued.
Rovanperä is not allowed to drive during the entire rest of the week.
– I start to feel dizzy if I make even the slightest sudden movement – even when I’m lying in bed, he described.
Rovanperä only had time to drive his Super formula class car in one practice session. He was the last of the entire group of drivers by a clear margin.