24 Feb 2015

Vettel on Alonso crash: 'No accident'

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<b>NOT A NORMAL CRASH?</b> Fernando Alonso (inset) is loaded into a helicopter at the Catalunya track in Spain. There is speculation that his crash was anything but normal. <i>Image: AP / Manu Fernandez</i>

BARCELONA, Spain - Fernando Alonso's crash during pre-season testing at the Catalunya circuit in Spain has triggered wild speculation but McLaren is saying nothing except the word "normal".

Alonso needed medical checks and possibly, according to the latest reports, about to spend a second night in hospital.

Team boss Eric Boullier, insisting the same was true of his trip and stay in hospital: "Fernando's accident was just one of those things that happens in testing. Inevitably some media reports have sought to exaggerate the severity of the incident – it was just a normal testing accident."

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