Fernando Alonso was in a crash last month in Spain.
He sustained a concussion in the accident and, according to The Huffington Post (via the Spanish newspaper El Pais), woke up at the hospital "believing that it was the year 1995."
"Alonso suffered retrograde amnesia post-crash, which is said to not be unusual in patients who have suffered from a severe concussion," The Huffington Post reported.
Alonso knew his name but thought he was a 13-year-old who hoped to become an F1 racer at some point. He completely forgot he was a two-time world champion and was considered to be one of the greatest drivers of his generation.
Read that. Lots of speculation the last week on his accident. Seems ok now but is sitting out the Aussie GP.
I wonder if he felt like Tom Hanks in Big? Do you think he went out and bought a foot-operated electronic keyboard?
Maybe! Probably didn't feel quite as good.
Team confirmed the temporary memory loss. Oddly there is never this much talk of concussions in F1. Wonder how much other sports' progress in that area has helped. Granted, a head injury in F1 racing is often a lot more serious than a concussion!
Read that. Lots of speculation the last week on his accident. Seems ok now but is sitting out the Aussie GP.
I wonder if he felt like Tom Hanks in Big? Do you think he went out and bought a foot-operated electronic keyboard?
Maybe! Probably didn't feel quite as good.
Team confirmed the temporary memory loss. Oddly there is never this much talk of concussions in F1. Wonder how much other sports' progress in that area has helped. Granted, a head injury in F1 racing is often a lot more serious than a concussion!
How ballsy would it be for him to seek out a Zoltar machine right now and make a wish?
Fernando Alonso was in a crash last month in Spain.
He sustained a concussion in the accident and, according to The Huffington Post (via the Spanish newspaper El Pais), woke up at the hospital "believing that it was the year 1995."
"Alonso suffered retrograde amnesia post-crash, which is said to not be unusual in patients who have suffered from a severe concussion," The Huffington Post reported.
Alonso knew his name but thought he was a 13-year-old who hoped to become an F1 racer at some point. He completely forgot he was a two-time world champion and was considered to be one of the greatest drivers of his generation.
Button: "This is the car (the McLaren) that is going to catch them (Mercedes)".
...I laughed!
Well Mercedes sure picked up where they left off. Going to be boring at the 1-2 end of things. Sauber looked pretty good. Overall I was pretty excited for the season to start and it wore out quick!
Last year was fun to watch the Rosberg/Hamilton duel but not another season of it, please. The Mercedes car is much more dominant than the Red Bull was a few years ago.
True, but I don't think Rosberg is going to take orders too kindly. Especially after Hamilton didn't follow them a few times last year. (Although the race in my head Rosberg couldn't really catch him to make it much of a point.)
Sorry, I meant more in terms of talent. I think Rosberg just can't match Hambone, and hasn't been able to since Abu Dhabi (other than in qualifying). Just seems Ham has maximised his pace compared to Rosberg and it has a permanent feel to it!
I don't think they'll issue orders, and you're right, I don't think they'd follow them anyway.
Q: (Ian Parkes – PA) Question to both Lewis and Nico. We’ve seen dominance in qualifying, dominance in the race today. Is this it for the season? A two-horse race between you two for the title or can you envisage any of your rivals making in-roads into your supremacy? LH: I think Nico was just explaining… I didn’t know, I didn’t see the times or anything but I think the Ferraris have taken a huge step forward. It’s clear they’ve made one of the biggest steps. So we definitely cannot back off because I’m sure they’re going to be pushing. And I anticipate we might have a good fight with them at some stage this year…
Q: Nico? NR: I hope we can have a good fight. That would be awesome. I think the next couple of races we’re going to be leading the way for sure, and we’re going to try and keep it that way, but we know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they don’t come too close… SV: Be honest. Do you really hope so? Seriously? You finished 30 seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying? NR: I hope that you can give us a challenge! Because it’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do think about the show. Half of me – or a part of me – thinks about the show because I want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for everybody. SV: First suggestion, if you don’t mind, I think your garage becomes public for Malaysia and everyone can have a look. No? I’m joking. NR: You can come if you want, we can invite you… SV: OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come. NR: Friday Malaysia, OK. SV: Engineers’ room? Debrief, I’ll be there.
Q: (Vincent Marre – All Race Motorsport) Sebastian, among the races to come, which one do you feel will be the one that is easier for you, for Ferrari to catch up to the Mercedes? I think Malaysia will be difficult but what about Bahrain or Shanghai? SV: Easy, for us? I think if you look at the gap, nowhere is going to be easy. I think we have to focus on ourselves, make sure that what we learned this weekend we’re able to take into the next races. The most important thing now is that if we finish – we did finish right behind Mercedes today. We need to confirm that in the next race, that’s the priority number one, so we need to make sure that I was not just a one-off. We improve reliability. As I said, Kimi didn’t finish, which is a shame. We could have scored a lot more points today. NR: ... that you find it a shame that your teammate didn’t finish? SV: Yes. I don’t know how much you like each other but Kimi and myself we get along, so I think it is a shame. NR: I thought as a racing driver you might like it that you have a couple of points advantage over him now. I don’t want to get you off the foot there, sorry. Oops. Look at him, look at him go... SV: I can see your point. No, no. I can see that at the moment, where we are, we want to make sure we catch you guys and to do that we both need to score. Yes, I honestly think so and I honestly didn’t want to see the second car not finishing today. NR: Because I’m ready for it now, you caught me a bit off guard before but now I’m ready for it!
The German GP issue has been dragged over the coals since the 2014 race. It's a shame if there's no race, it's been a staple on the calender for a while.
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He sustained a concussion in the accident and, according to The Huffington Post (via the Spanish newspaper El Pais), woke up at the hospital "believing that it was the year 1995."
"Alonso suffered retrograde amnesia post-crash, which is said to not be unusual in patients who have suffered from a severe concussion," The Huffington Post reported.
Alonso knew his name but thought he was a 13-year-old who hoped to become an F1 racer at some point. He completely forgot he was a two-time world champion and was considered to be one of the greatest drivers of his generation.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/this-33-year-old-race-car-driver-woke-up-after-a-crash-and-thought-he-was-13-2015-3#ixzz3TdEvKcJ1
Team confirmed the temporary memory loss. Oddly there is never this much talk of concussions in F1. Wonder how much other sports' progress in that area has helped. Granted, a head injury in F1 racing is often a lot more serious than a concussion!
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A few more days! Stoked!
Good to see Ferrari up the pointy end straight away. Equally sad to see McClaren at the rear.
...I laughed!
Well Mercedes sure picked up where they left off. Going to be boring at the 1-2 end of things.
Sauber looked pretty good. Overall I was pretty excited for the season to start and it wore out quick!
planetf1.com/driver/55667788/37382/Seb-2-Nico-0-in-press-conference
I don't think they'll issue orders, and you're right, I don't think they'd follow them anyway.
Q: (Ian Parkes – PA) Question to both Lewis and Nico. We’ve seen dominance in qualifying, dominance in the race today. Is this it for the season? A two-horse race between you two for the title or can you envisage any of your rivals making in-roads into your supremacy?
LH: I think Nico was just explaining… I didn’t know, I didn’t see the times or anything but I think the Ferraris have taken a huge step forward. It’s clear they’ve made one of the biggest steps. So we definitely cannot back off because I’m sure they’re going to be pushing. And I anticipate we might have a good fight with them at some stage this year…
Q: Nico?
NR: I hope we can have a good fight. That would be awesome. I think the next couple of races we’re going to be leading the way for sure, and we’re going to try and keep it that way, but we know it would be good if they can come a bit closer, as long as they don’t come too close…
SV: Be honest. Do you really hope so? Seriously? You finished 30 seconds ahead of us and you hope it’s going to be closer? So you hope you slow down? Is that what you’re saying?
NR: I hope that you can give us a challenge! Because it’s important for the sport and for the fans. And I do think about the show. Half of me – or a part of me – thinks about the show because I want to give people a great time at home watching on TV or at the track. If you do come a bit closer, that would be awesome for everybody.
SV: First suggestion, if you don’t mind, I think your garage becomes public for Malaysia and everyone can have a look. No? I’m joking.
NR: You can come if you want, we can invite you…
SV: OK, thank you for the invite, I’ll come.
NR: Friday Malaysia, OK.
SV: Engineers’ room? Debrief, I’ll be there.
Q: (Vincent Marre – All Race Motorsport) Sebastian, among the races to come, which one do you feel will be the one that is easier for you, for Ferrari to catch up to the Mercedes? I think Malaysia will be difficult but what about Bahrain or Shanghai?
SV: Easy, for us? I think if you look at the gap, nowhere is going to be easy. I think we have to focus on ourselves, make sure that what we learned this weekend we’re able to take into the next races. The most important thing now is that if we finish – we did finish right behind Mercedes today. We need to confirm that in the next race, that’s the priority number one, so we need to make sure that I was not just a one-off. We improve reliability. As I said, Kimi didn’t finish, which is a shame. We could have scored a lot more points today.
NR: ... that you find it a shame that your teammate didn’t finish?
SV: Yes. I don’t know how much you like each other but Kimi and myself we get along, so I think it is a shame.
NR: I thought as a racing driver you might like it that you have a couple of points advantage over him now. I don’t want to get you off the foot there, sorry. Oops. Look at him, look at him go...
SV: I can see your point. No, no. I can see that at the moment, where we are, we want to make sure we catch you guys and to do that we both need to score. Yes, I honestly think so and I honestly didn’t want to see the second car not finishing today.
NR: Because I’m ready for it now, you caught me a bit off guard before but now I’m ready for it!
planetf1.com/driver/55667788/38044/Fernley-has-no-sympathy-for-Horner
The German GP issue has been dragged over the coals since the 2014 race. It's a shame if there's no race, it's been a staple on the calender for a while.