It’s official: Fernando Alonso, after Thursday successfully the medical examination of the FIA permitted for use in F1. The Spanish rider thus align this weekend at Sepang, the Malaysian Grand Prix. But the hard part is probably coming to a demanding circuit and driving a McLaren which still weighs a doubt Alonso himself has contributed to maintaining a news conference.
This is the issue for Fernando Alonso. The Spanish rider, having passed the required medical examination required by the FIA to allow his return to F1, is authorized to take part in the Malaysian Grand Prix, which takes place this weekend at the Sepang circuit.
Forty-five minutes for a new test that was little doubt to the former Ferrari driver spent the offseason at McLaren. Indeed, Alonso had already responded favorably to batteries of tests performed before leaving for Asia. Last week, he had conducted tests in the simulator located at the headquarters of the British team at Woking. And his very presence in Sepang was enough to certify the perspective of this green light issued by the international body. “ Green light for running “, it is precisely the expression used by the person to relay the good news via his Twitter account. Not to mention in passing thank “ FIA and McLaren F1 for work, professionalism and assistance during this last month. ”
As a reminder, the double champion the world, 33 years old, had been an accident on 22 February, on the Barcelona circuit, during a session of pre-season testing. Many questions surrounded since its prolonged recovery, especially regarding a possible discomfort or failure of his car. Questions which still remain unanswered …
For although identified issues by journalists eager to shed light on his crash, Alonso was not able to lift the mystery at a press conference expected to be one of the most anticipated first highlights of this weekend in Malaysia. The opportunity still for him to point out that he remembers every detail of the accident, but also to dispel some misconceptions advances since …
I did not wake up in 1996, I did not wake up speaking Italian
Fernando Alonso (double world champion F1)
“Everything was more or less normal in the case of a concussion, he has said. I was admitted to hospital in good condition. There is a m tim e of which I am not remember at the hospital between 14h and 18h that day, but that’s normal because of the treatment. “For the rest, the conditions of waking, that have attracted many fantasies were, according to him, all he has to be more normal, “ I did not wake up in 1996, I did not wake up speaking Italian, all these things that have been creatures say . I remember the accident and everything that happened between the accident and the day after , “he said.
However, no new element no one came to clarify the circumstances of the accident: “ There is nothing clear in the data that allow us to explain why, but we obviously had a steering problem on lap three. That shot straight , “said Alonso.” I approached the wall, I braked at the last moment, I retrograde, but unfortunately, Today, we still lack data. Data acquisition is not at its best on this part of the car especially, which received new sensors and undergone changes last week . “
One thing is certain The theory advanced by Ron Dennis himself, that the wind could shift the car in this part of the circuit, is null and void, “ Certainly not. Even a hurricane would not move the car at that speed . “A theory that, by his own admission,” not been a help ” although he adds: “ Part of the confusion comes from statements made while the pressure was very high (on the team), I was in intensive care and that there was urgent to say something “Now, more than a month after the accident, Alonso still remains without any certainty.” It is clear that there has been a problem with the car, but it was not found in the data for the time . “
Meanwhile, the race of already looks like probably the One of the biggest challenges of his rich career. On a circuit known as one of the most demanding of the season for both machines for the drivers because of high temperatures and high humidity prevailing there. Au- Beyond his only return to competition, the man of Asturias will have to master this context, but also a new car, the MP4-30, with which only Jenson Button was able to reach the finish line during the Grand Opening Prize season, in Melbourne, while conceding two laps to the winner, Lewis Hamilton. It is unclear how McLaren have been able to optimize his machine in the space of just fifteen days. And Alonso, for which a qualification in Q2 would be a victory could especially have to start from the last row on the grid. Unheard of for the Spaniard.
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