Brief loss of consciousness for Fernando Alonso

After the accident of the double Spanish world champion Fernando Alonso last Sunday and his release from hospital yesterday, questions concerning the state of health of the pilot McLaren were numerous. McLaren chairman Ron Dennis held a press conference this Thursday in Barcelona, ​​Spain, to clarify certain points.

“If there were three days of hospitalization, it is because there was a brief loss of consciousness. The period of hospitalization was determined by the doctors, not by us. He had an accident, everyone knows that. He was, as in all cases with potential head injuries, sedated on site. He went to the hospital and he was sedated, this is a normal process. CT and MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Editor’s note) are normal, with no signs of any damage. There was no concussion detected, the definition of concussion that you can see on a scan, even though there were symptoms and physically everything is fine. » said Ron Dennis, even if McLaren press release published Sunday indicated a concussion. Any electrocution was also denied.

As for the presence or not of Fernando Alonso in Melbourne on March 15, Ron Dennis recalled that the advice of doctors will prevail above all. “ He is lucid, he speaks, he wants to drive, wants to do tests. The doctors said if we wanted to be really sure, and we wanted to give him the best chance of going to Australia, there's nothing better than rest. We are not going to go against the wishes of doctors. I don't see any reason why he can't run, but I'm not the doctor. There will be testing and a process led by the FIA. »

It is Kevin Magnussen who will take over from Fernando Alonso this week in Barcelona at the wheel of the MP4-30 for the final testing session before the start of the season.