{"id":19892,"date":"2013-11-15T08:08:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T13:08:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=19892"},"modified":"2013-11-15T08:08:35","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T13:08:35","slug":"fia-gives-alonso-green-light-to-race-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/fia-gives-alonso-green-light-to-race-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA gives Alonso green light to race in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fernando Alonso on Thursday got the all-clear to race in Austin.<\/p>\n

\"Fernando-Alonso-car-1\"The Spaniard has had several medical checks since the Abu Dhabi grand prix, where a violent ride over the kerbs left him with back pain.<\/p>\n

He got the all-clear from his own doctors in Spain earlier this week, but also needed the official green light from the FIA ahead of the US grand prix.<\/p>\n

So on Thursday, whilst skipping his media duties at the Austin circuit, he stopped in at the medical centre for tests.<\/p>\n

The Ferrari driver gave the waiting reporters a ‘thumbs-up’ when he walked out of the doors and back into his car for the ride back to the hotel.<\/p>\n

“Happy to have the ‘ok’ from doctors and race this weekend,” he told his Twitter followers.\u00a0 “Last day to recover and do my best to help the team!”<\/p>\n

Ferrari confirmed that Alonso’s FIA tests on Thursday “all proved positive”.<\/p>\n

“However, as he is not yet in perfect shape, the team decided he should have a further day’s rest today (Thursday) so as to help his recovery as much as possible,” the Italian team added.<\/p>\n

The correspondent for the Spanish sports newspaper AS, Manuel Franco, said Alonso is still coping with pain and dizziness, but is “improving day by day”.<\/p>\n

Had Alonso needed to sit out Austin, the most likely candidate to replace him would have been Marussia’s Jules Bianchi.<\/p>\n

“I am part of the Ferrari academy,” the Frenchman told RMC Sport, “so I think that if they have a (driver) problem, they can call me.<\/p>\n

“It’s a good thing that Ferrari thought of me,” added Bianchi.<\/p>\n

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