February 26, 2015 – Formula 1’s governing body, the FIA, has confirmed that it will be looking into the circumstances surrounding Fernando Alonso’s mysterious crash during pre-season testing in Barcelona that lead to his hospitalization for four days.
McLaren initially took 28 hours to issue an official statement about last Sunday’s incident, triggering speculation there is more to the story than a “normal” gust of wind.
Sebastian Vettel, who was following the McLaren-Honda, said his rival seemed to simply steer into the concrete wall, and a trackside photographer has told of how the impact was in fact “not violent”.
The Woking based team denied wild speculation Alonso was electrocuted by KERS or overcome by battery fumes and in fact was already unconscious when he hit the wall.