Fernando Alonso has been proclaimed fit to participate in this present weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix subsequent to breezing through restorative tests taking after first practice.
The McLaren driver, who softened rib up a 180mph mischance in the Australian GP a month ago, had been given temporary leeway to race on Thursday. In any case, he was passed fit by specialists in front of Friday’s second practice. “The pain is manageable and there is no other risk to be in the car,” he said.
The 34-year-old Oviedo-conceived driver has contended in each Chinese Grand Prix since first experience with the Formula One logbook 12 years prior.
On the off chance that he is given the approval he will hope to secure his third triumph at the Shanghai-track, with adversary Lewis Hamilton the main driver to have won more times at the circuit. Talking in front of the FIA’s declaration, Alonso said he had most likely he was fit and prepared for the third round of the title.
Alonso said, “I feel good. Obviously Bahrain, I was mentally 100 per cent ready to race, but physically I had a lot of pain. In Bahrain I was ready to try and see if the pain was manageable with the broken rib. Now, the situation has improved a lot. I am mentally 120 per cent now, but physically 100 per cent with no pain in the last couple of days. I have been training more or less my normal routine in the past two weeks.
‘I slept okay for the past two weeks which was quite a good thing because in the first 10 days after Australia I could only sleep on one side and that was not very comfortable”.
He further said, “It was also interesting for me to see the race weekend unfold from a different perspective, which helped me to understand everything that goes into getting the cars on track and learn a lot about the different processes, although I’d still prefer to be racing.
‘I’ve always enjoyed driving in China – I’ve won there twice before – and I hope we’ll be able to have some good battles on track and see more progress this weekend”.
