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<b>ALONSO'S MYSTERY CRASH:</b> Despite an International Automobile Federation probe we might never know what really happened to Fernando Alonso at Catalunya. <i>Image: AFP</i>
<b>ALONSO'S MYSTERY CRASH:</b> Despite an International Automobile Federation probe we might never know what really happened to Fernando Alonso at Catalunya. <i>Image: AFP</i>

BARCELONA, Spain - McLaren's Fernando Alonso has returned to physical training in preparation for the start of his 2015 race campaign which has been delayed until the Malaysia GP on March 27.

Alonso will skip the season-opening 2015 Australian GP in Melbourne on March 15 as he waits out a precautionary 21-day period to avoiud the potentially fatal post-concussion 'second impact syndrome'.

What happened at Turn 3 during the final day of the second Barcelona test might never be known - by anybody.

FEDERATION CRASH PROBE

Investigators from the International Automobile Federation are analysing the mysterious McLaren-Honda crash but what the telemetry shows is odd and the only person who might actually know, Alonso himself, cannot remember.

Germany's Auto Motor and Sport claims the telemetry shows Alonso's highest speed in the corner was 215km/h but then he inexplicably hit the brakes, downshifted, but maintained control of the Honda-powered MP4-30.

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