Formula 1's governing body has said that it has no problem with Robert Kubica's impending return to the sport.
Amid intense speculation about the former race winner's potential return, Renault have now confirmed that 32-year-old Kubica will drive the 2017 car in the post-Hungarian Grand Prix test.
Bild says it is possible that Kubica will replace Jolyon Palmer as soon as Spa after the August break, while even team boss Cyril Abiteboul admits that the Budapest test is to see if Kubica can "return to competition in upcoming years".
However, there is no doubt that movement in the former BMW and Renault driver's right arm is severely limited in the wake of his 2011 horror rally crash.
Yet F1 race director Charlie Whiting said that the path is clear for Kubica to return.
"Like any other driver, Robert has his A-licence from the national association. The licensing also includes a medical check," he told Auto Motor und Sport.
Renault have adapted the steering wheel of Kubica's car to facilitate the changing of gears with his left hand only, but Whiting said there will be no dispensation from the mandatory cockpit exit test.
To be cleared to even test an F1 car, a driver must demonstrate that he can get out of the cockpit in an emergency in five seconds.
