MANAMA ¨C McLaren¡¯s Fernando Alonso has been ruled out of Sunday¡¯s Bahrain Formula One Grand Prix on medical grounds following his huge crash in the Australian season-opener on March 20.
The governing International Automobile Federation (FIA) said in a statement that the decision had been taken after a medical examination at the Sakhir circuit on Thursday.
¡°Two sets of chest CT scans were compared and it was decided that there was insufficient resolution of the signs to allow him to compete on safety grounds,¡± the statement said.
Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne, last year¡¯s GP2 champion, is the Honda-powered team¡¯s official reserve driver and will be in Bahrain.
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