Formula One: Alonso, Bottas cleared for Malaysian GP
F1 medics cleared two-time world champion Alonso to make his McLaren debut.
SEPANG, Malaysia (AFP) - Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Valtteri Bottas were given the all-clear to race in the Malaysian Grand Prix on Thursday after missing the season s start because of injury.
F1 medics cleared two-time world champion Alonso to make his McLaren debut after he suffered a concussion in a still-unexplained crash in testing on February 22.
Alonso, who suffered temporary memory loss in the crash, was sidelined for the season-opener in Australia to avoid the risk of a second head impact too soon after the first.
The Spaniard "passed all mandatory fitness tests and has thus been declared fit to race in this weekend s Malaysian Grand Prix", governing body FIA said in a statement.
Williams driver Bottas was also passed fit at the Sepang circuit after missing the season s first race on March 15 with a lower back injury.
Alonso s MP4-30 car will carry an extra sensor in Malaysia after he recalled "heavy steering" before his crash on an innocuous stretch of Barcelona s Circuit de Catalunya.
Several observers commented that the crash seemed unusual with Alonso s manager, Flavio Briatore, labelling it "very strange".
