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BARCELONA, Spain - Romain Grosjean steered his Lotus to the fastest lap of the week during Formula 1 pre-season testing on Sunday while Fernando Alonso crashed his McLaren and was taken to hospital.
Pastor Maldonado had already put Lotus on the top of the time sheet at the Circuit de Catalunya on Thursday and Saturday; Grosjean bettered that by setting the fastest time of the four-day test with a lap of 1min 24.067.
That was after the session was halted because Alonso went off -track at Turn 3 and slammed the right side of his McLaren into the wall. McLaren later said the double F1 champion was "conscious and spoke with the doctors" before being taken by helicopter to a nearby hospital for "precautionary checks”.