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Dennis also insists McLaren is trying to be "transparent" with information around the crash and is not concealing anything. He says doctors are "super-careful" with head injuries these days and they wanted to make sure everything was "perfect" before allowing Alonso to leave hospital.
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An update from Ron Dennis. The key points:
-Alonso is perfectly healthy and McLaren hopes he will race in Australia. Waiting on doctors to clear him. If not Magnussen will race.
-Alonso was unconscious for a brief period of time after crash. McLaren puts that down to his head striking either side of the cockpit during impact.
-Was kept in hospital due to heightened awareness over head injuries in sport and because he displayed concussion symptoms. Scan showed he was perfectly healthy. -
LUNCHTIME UPDATE: 48 laps this morning for @LewisHamilton with unexpected rain causing an early end to the session! #F1 #BackToWorkby Mercedes-AMG F1 via twitter 2/26/2015 12:03:30 PM
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@MikeTheFan: At the moment the regulations are the same as they were at the end of last year. No driver coaching as in "brake here", "less throttle there" but they can still inform drivers of imminent problems with the car. However, it is interesting to see that all teams have fitted a full screen display in the cockpit to offer more info to the driver. Red Bull and Williams were two teams without this feature last year but have it installed this year.
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@XXX: It is definitely not a priority at the moment. But it's interesting to see that McLaren has taken a different approach to the rear suspension compared to its rivals - as it did last year. We might see a return to the "blockers" mounted to the rear suspension, but I don't see why that would rule out a monkey seat as well. A lot more to come on the McLaren - not least a reliable power unit!
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Fernando Alonso yet to be cleared for Australian Grand Prix
ESPN F1Fernando Alonso's participation at the Australian Grand Prix is still uncertain as McLaren waits for doctors to give him the all clear following his crash during the second test in Spain - news from McLaren F1 -
Thanks Laurence. The "blockers" were a curious design... I always thought they would act more as parachutes causing way too much drag... will be very interesting to see how the car evolves this year... I think the McLaren may be the team with the steepest learning curve this year...
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@Hal: I'm not sure how a driver is expected to "protect his head" in a heavy crash - that is what the helmet is for. But you have to accept that even if he was going relatively slow for a crash in F1, we are still talking about severe forces on the head. I see nothing that suggests he was unconscious before the first impact - not least he was braking and downshifting.
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F1 needs all of these but more than anything it needs to make more noise!
I was lucky enough to be sitting by the first chicane at Monza last year and you couldn't hear the cars coming down the pit straight - they'd just suddenly appear in front of you as if from nowhere.
You know there's a problem when F1 is quieter than not just GP2 and GP3 but even the Porsche Supercup... -
@wilsaaaaaaaaarn: A very good point. I watched a replay of the 1995 Canadian GP the other day and even on TV the sound was so much better. There is nothing like the sound of the Ferrari V12, which won that race with Jean Alesi at the wheel. But for many reasons, cost largest among them, we can't go back to those days and should really stick with what we've got.
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What does F1 need from a rules overhaul?
I'd like to see something a bit closer to 80's turbo racing, where there is no fuel flow restrictions and a not so accurate fuel indicator so you get periods in the race where drivers are on full boost but towards the end of the race dont know if they are going to finish, just imagine the race for the final point where everyone from P11 downwards is on max boost with nothing to loose -
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@Laurence: That's very true, and I think another thing it urgently needs is the financial side of things sorting out in order to keep more teams in the sport, so tearing up the engine formula isn't a short term fix.
They could do with taking the radio button off the steering wheels too and just going back to pitboards, which I think would a) eliminate coded messages and b) prove which drivers are mentally tough enough to manage a race that way. -
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F1 needs a cost cap clear rule, a FIA power limitation device, a better calendar with races closer to the real and\or the potential fans, needs a F2 division,strong and having the test drivers of the F1 teams running among the future stars and some of the Academy drivers. Needs more internet, respect for those who use the F1 APP (still dont have the 2015 calendar ). Needs more testing before and during the season. The list of demands is big.
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