Alonso, mixed news after back injury

Is the Spaniard in danger of skipping Austin?

Alonso, mixed news after back injury

Conflicting news is emerging from around the world Ferrari, after the violent blow taken by Alonso in the singular flight over the curbs Abu Dhabi.
Following the accident, which occurred as the Spaniard exited the pits after the pitstop while dueling with Jean-Eric Vergne, Alonso However, he participated in all the events he was involved in without problems.

However, the blow was violent and the FIA ​​asked the Spaniard to undergo some medical checks.

Auto Motor und Sport, however, reports that the impact reached the 15G scale as the sensor is attached in an unusual location on the car.

For its part, Ferrari declares that the medical checkups were simply a mere "precaution" and that Alonso is fine.

“The doctors have given the OK to race in Texas,” said German correspondent Michael Schmidt.

Despite this, Alonso's manager, Luis Garcia Abad, alarmed the Spaniard's millions of fans by posting a photo on Twitter in which the thirty-two-year-old Alonso is in hospital lying on an instrument to carry out tests on his spine, in fact Alonso declared again on Twitter: “The night was so-so. I will do further tests this afternoon to try to be 100% as soon as possible", thus confirming the relative seriousness of his injury.

In fact, the Spaniard had already declared in Abu Dhabi that he "hoped" to be ready for Austin.

Another source within Ferrari reportedly told the BBC: "The checkup came back negative and therefore Alonso is ready", however the Spaniard's manager refused to declare that his client is already ready for Austin.

“We're not talking about the Austin race but about Alonso. We have to check that everything is in order, which is why we are doing all these checks."

All this confusion surrounding the situation therefore only fuels the rumors regarding the relationship between Ferrari and the Spaniard which according to many have been tense for some time, mainly after the episode of the radio team in Monza and after the announcement of Kimi Raikkonen as Ferrari driver for 2014.

Stefano Rifici

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