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Fernando Alonso unfit to race at the Bahrain GP this weekend | Driving For Pleasure

Posted on 31st March 2016

Fernando Alonso unfit to race at the Bahrain GP this weekend

It has been announced this morning that McLaren Honda driver Fernando Alonso has not been cleared by the FIA to race in Bahrain this weekend.

In a statement issued to the media this morning, the FIA confirmed the news as follows:-

Following an examination undertaken this morning at the Bahrain International Circuit Medical Centre, it has been decided that McLaren Honda F1 team driver Fernando Alonso should not take part in this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Two sets of chest CT scans were compared and it was decided on safety grounds that there was insufficient resolution of the signs that allowed him to compete on safety grounds.
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A repeat chest scan has bee requested before the Chinese Grand Prix and the results will be considered before allowing him to race there.”

With this announcement, McLaren Honda reserve and test driver Stoffel Vandoorne will take Alonso's place this weekend in Bahrain to make his Formula One debut, even though an announcement hasn't been made as of yet by the McLaren Honda team.

Sarah Jones- @jonesy_laaa

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