Summary Fernando Alonso is set to return to the track for the second Grand Prix of the season in Malaysia.
MADRID (AFP) - Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso is set to return to the track for the second Grand Prix of the season in Malaysia, his McLaren-Honda team confirmed on Monday.
Alonso missed the season opening race in Australia after suffering concussion in a testing accident last month.
"McLaren-Honda is pleased to announce that, subject to a successful final FIA medical assessment this Thursday 26th March at the Sepang International Circuit, Fernando Alonso will return to the cockpit of his MP4-30 car for this weekend s Malaysian Grand Prix," the team said in a statement.
The Spaniard crashed into a wall when he ran wide on the final day of the second pre-season test in Barcelona on February 22nd.
He had to be airlifted to hospital under sedation and spent three nights there. He then missed the final pre-season test as well as the Australian Grand Prix under doctors orders to rest and recuperate.
McLaren also confirmed Alonso drove the team s simulator last week as he built-up his preparation for a return to action.
On top of Alonso s crash, McLaren have suffered an awful start to their new partnership with Honda as engine suppliers.
Alonso s replacement in Melbourne, Kevin Magnussen, had to retire before the race had even started due to a mechanical problems, whilst Jenson Button finished last of the 11 cars to complete the race.
The 33-year-old has only just begun his second spell with the Woking-based team after an ill-fated one-season stint in 2007 when McLaren were expelled from the constructors championship and fined a record $100 million for spying on confidential technical information from Ferrari.
