THE Ferrari mechanic mowed down by Kimi Raikkonen in the Bahrain Grand Prix posted a picture to Instagram today giving the thumbs up following an operation on his broken leg.

Francesco Cigarini was taken to a nearby Bahraini hospital last night with a fractured tibia and fibula on his left leg following the dramatic pit-lane incident on lap 36.

Sitting upright in his hospital bed, Cigarini said: “Surgery OK. I have to thank all of the people worried. Nothing else, just a big thanks.”