McLaren have said that ‘unpredictably gusty winds’ were to blame for the crash that hospitalised Fernando Alonso on the final day of the second pre-season test at Barcelona on Sunday. Alonso, who remains in hospital under observation, left the track at Turn 3 of the Catalan circuit, with McLaren’s telemetry data and analysis revealing that his car struck the inside concrete wall, first with its front-right wheel and then with its rear-right. "(Alonso's) car ran wide at the entry to Turn 3 - which is a fast uphill right-hander - allowing it to run onto the Astroturf that lines the outside of the track," read McLaren’s statement. "A consequent loss of...
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