NEWS: ___Escaped_link_673f80e184e56___ will deputise for ___Escaped_link_673f80e184e59___ in the ___Escaped_link_673f80e184e5a___ following the ___Escaped_link_673f80e184e5b___ doctors' decision.
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) ___Escaped_link_673f80e184e5c___
More on @alo_oficial: following any on-track incident, we will always abide by the @FIA doctors' decisions.
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) ___Escaped_link_673f80e184e63___
McLaren-Honda reserve driver @svandoorne will be in Bahrain on Friday morning ready to deputise. #F1 #BahrainGP pic.twitter.com/RpIVZX5GW5
— McLaren (@McLarenF1) 31 maart 2016
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Bahrain International Circuit - Winter testing
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Login to replykhasmir
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Seems like nobody bothered to say Alonso fractured a couple of ribs, that don't heal in 2 weeks... Might be ok for the next race.
But it will be great to see Vandoorne in action :)
Only yesterday I said it will be sad not to see him anymore in GP2... I have a lot of respect for Alonso so I did not wish for this ;)
Pompey
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I agree, it's not the way to get a drive but opportunities are scarce and I'm sure he will do Alonso proud.
calle.itw
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Yeah, not the way we wanted him to debut, but he sure looks promising, so Im sure he'll do fine! Will be fun to see him race!
khasmir
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Just saw a picture of Vandoorne his MP4-31 with the Belgian flag next to his name, nice...
I hope to see more of that in the not so distant future ;)
Alonso seems to be very supportive to help Vandoorne so a lot of respect for him.
Really looking forward to this race, could be very interesting in many ways.