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Uncertainty about Alonso rolls on as F1 action begins

Uncertainty about Alonso rolls on as F1 action begins

  • Published on 13 Mar 2015 07:23
  • comments 2
  • By: Rob Veenstra
As the cars begin to roar in Melbourne, the uncertainty about Fernando Alonso's return to action at McLaren-Honda remain. The Spaniard tweeted a 'selfie' showing off his muscular form in the gym and promising he will be back to work "soon".

But team boss Eric Boullier on Friday morning said that whether that actually happens or not in Malaysia or beyond will be up to "FIA doctors". Indeed, the mystery about what caused Alonso's Barcelona testing crash - a car fault or a pre-existing medical condition - is just as unexplained some 20 days later. "I can't comment on that," teammate Jenson Button said in Australia.

Fascinatingly, McLaren is no longer claiming it was definitely just a "normal" accident caused by a gust of wind. "We can't say exactly what was the cause," Boullier acknowledged.

So there is a feeling of slight nervousness among Alonso's fellow drivers. Spain's El Mundo reports that some of them have even tried to contact the 33-year-old to talk about the bizarre incident. But Button got up and running in the MP4-30 on Friday morning at Albert Park, having said hours earlier "I will not get into a car unless I am 100 per cent sure it is safe."

However, he also confirmed that he had told boss Ron Dennis that Alonso's telemetry and video replay appeared "strange". "I spent hours going through the data with the engineers and talking to them about the incident," said Button. "When you are driving a formula one car at the limit you need to be sure," added the Briton. (GMM)
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  • BtwnDitches

    Posts: 204

    When this whole Alonso-crash thing is finally aired out and all of the salient facts become known, any- and every-one (including Alonso and Button) who concealed or mis-characterized imported information about the crash, its causes & effects will be awarded a permanent blackmark of dishonesty. The truth has not been told!!

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    • Mar 13 2015 - 09:47
  • khasmir

    Posts: 893

    I think it's really important to understand that there was nothing else to absorb the impact than the driver. It was a concrete wall and the suspension did not fail because of the lateral impact, hence Alonso took the full force of the impact.
    Are they being overly cautious? Maybe, but better safe than sorry no!?
    Also, most of the speculations are caused by Ron Dennis his poor communication skills.

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    • Mar 13 2015 - 20:04

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