Alonso to remain in hospital?

one of the reports have Alonzo telling friends he experienced a "shock" in his spine ( assuming the physical kind ) ... rumor or what... nerve issues can paralyze one with tremendous pain, cause disorientation and disable normal functions... a simple twitch, movement, bump, while in a misaligned or stressed position can hit the magic pain button... just talk with anyone who experienced a immobilizing pain the back, there is a spot in the elbow which can activate a large amount of pain, etc His back has experienced many loads crashing... none of which left visible signs of damage, yet the cumalative stains may have taken their toll... the downside is nerve issues are not visible and can occur randomly at precisely the wrong time... pure speculation, yet plausible... let things settle, as with other symptoms, may cure themselves before assuming more risk

 

Fred had a big Mac attack!

 

Go stand in the corner you bad boy.


In other words I wish that I'd said that one.

 

Things keep getting weirder and weirder.....

 

When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro.....

HST

 

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this English vs English argument just reminded me of this so I had to share, if you have a few minutes to kill click the enjoy the good read.

but to keep the post Alonso related I really hope he's ok and has a complete recovery from this accident. would hate to see his talent be damaged from a testing accident.

 

He didnt order the fries!!

 

That's probably what Dennis told him after he asked if would get his pay even if he couldn't race anymore" No, you don't have a multi million contract with mclaren. You are 13 and you drive karts"

Either that or dennis asked him about his role in convicting mclaren in the copygate scandal

 

Britain's "Daily Mirror's" F1 correspondant is suggesting this morning that, according to sources in Spain, there could be a possibility that Fernando will not return at all in Formula One??

Rgds

 

Fears grow that Fernando Alonso may never return to Formula One following Barcelona crash - Mirror Online

 

All these articles suggest that Alonso lost conciousness before the crash... but I think telemetry said he was pushing on the brake pedal with a force equivalent to 75kg after he left the track? It is rather unlikely that he passed out, came back, was braking full force, then passed out again and lost his memory?

 

AMuS seems to be pretty certain that there were 3s prior to impact without any driver activity: Rätsel um Alonso-Crash: Was passierte in den letzten 3 Sekunden? - AUTO MOTOR UND SPORT

 

No driver activity for 3 second prior to impact can't be reconciled with the skid marks left by locked up braking. F1 brakes require so much force on the pedal that braking would not continue if there was a loss of consciousness.

This whole thing is bizarre.

All the best,
Andrew.

 

good point

 

No matter what the real story is I just hope that he recovers quickly and completely.

 

Could the problem be that Alonso is a few fries short of an order?

 

Latest rumor is that he lost his memory. When asked he responded that he is 13 years old and wants to get into F1.

Hopefully only a temporary loss. OTOH he will now forever have a good excuse whenever questioned about any scandals.

No recuerdo.

 

It was a monsterous gust of wind from the grassy knoll.

 

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What next? The trading markets fall on the uncertainty surrounding Alonso's crash? Is this another crashgate? Wtf?

 

Perhaps he has had a condition with seizures for years and has been able to manage it and keep it secret and had an unexpected episode....???

 

And maybe he's an android who blew a chip.

I'm not sure what good all the speculation is.

 

The looming problem is safety, and we all know just how safety crazed the FIA are. They must to insure that a similar incident doesn't happen when it would endanger the driver (Alonso) or others. They seem to have assured themselves that it was not a problem caused by a failure of the car. They have also been assured that Alonso is perfectly OK, presently. But there is the questions of cause, the 3 seconds gap in driver input, the unconsciousness and loss of memory. If the car has been ruled out as the cause, that leaves some external forces (wind) or the driver (random worm holes are not being considered). The notion that wind was the cause seems to be fading. But, the loss of consciousness and memory from such a low level impact, when viewed along with the 3 second gap, raise concerns that the cause was Alonso blacking out BEFORE the impact. If all other causes are eliminated as likely causes, the pre-crash blackout takes on great importance. Just as the FIA would move to eliminate a fault in the car (electric short, broken steering, etc.), they need to satisfy themselves that there is nothing about Alonso that represents a ongoing danger to himself or others, BEFORE he is allowed to race again. It is within the FIA's purview to license drivers as fit to compete.

 

I'm blaming it on one bad shellfish in his Paella.

 

That would at least explain why you rarely see him smile

After testing is over and Mercedes still in the lead the F1 community seems to run out of themes to talk about before the first race so everybody has to post his opinion on that, rather based on speculative articles or on pure fantasy...Most likely we will never know for certain what happened if Alonso does not want to tell us...

For the boycott of the Australian race...Why should the teams boycott the race for safety reasons? It is up to them to built a car that does not shock their drivers...If McLaren really failed to do so this does not affect their own drivers in the first hand as long as it is not a start crash or something like that. Same could happen with every other damage on a car as well so they would need to boycott every single race Maldonado is running in...

 

Very bizarre indeed.

It's a long shot, but may be worth noting that a brake lockup, most likely at the rear given their brake by wire nature, is vaguely possible. The chances of this occurring at the exact moment his lights went out is of course infinitesimally small, but maybe brake failure caused the shunt and he simple doesn't remember?

Hopefully the FIA safety geeks have got *all* the data and will report soon.

There is no, none, zero, chance of any kind of boycott. The other guys have all been running, remarkably well if we're honest, for 10's of 0000's of miles now with nary an incident. Their selfish nature will ensure they're all running as usual. Now, JB & KM may have other thoughts, but they're race drivers, they'll run, no question.

Get well soon Fred,
Ian