McLaren driver Fernando Alonso is forced to miss the Grand Prix of Bahrain. The Spaniard hasn't been cleared to race by the doctors of the FIA. Alonso suffered a major accident in Australia and is not recovered enough. Reserve driver Stoffel Vandoorne will be his stand-in for Bahrain.
Seems like nobody bothered to say Alonso fractured a couple of ribs, that don't heal in 2 weeks... Might be ok for the next race.
But it will be great to see Vandoorne in action :)
Only yesterday I said it will be sad not to see him anymore in GP2... I have a lot of respect for Alonso so I did not wish for this ;)
Just saw a picture of Vandoorne his MP4-31 with the Belgian flag next to his name, nice...
I hope to see more of that in the not so distant future ;)
Alonso seems to be very supportive to help Vandoorne so a lot of respect for him.
Really looking forward to this race, could be very interesting in many ways.
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Login to replykhasmir
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Seems like nobody bothered to say Alonso fractured a couple of ribs, that don't heal in 2 weeks... Might be ok for the next race.
But it will be great to see Vandoorne in action :)
Only yesterday I said it will be sad not to see him anymore in GP2... I have a lot of respect for Alonso so I did not wish for this ;)
Pompey
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I agree, it's not the way to get a drive but opportunities are scarce and I'm sure he will do Alonso proud.
calle.itw
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Yeah, not the way we wanted him to debut, but he sure looks promising, so Im sure he'll do fine! Will be fun to see him race!
khasmir
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Just saw a picture of Vandoorne his MP4-31 with the Belgian flag next to his name, nice...
I hope to see more of that in the not so distant future ;)
Alonso seems to be very supportive to help Vandoorne so a lot of respect for him.
Really looking forward to this race, could be very interesting in many ways.