After three nights in hospital and amid feverish speculation regarding the circumstances of his testing crash, Fernando Alonso is finally going home, but it appears he will not take part in the final preseason test in Barcelona starting Thursday.
El Mundo Deportivo, reported that the McLaren-Honda driver is "going home to Oviedo to rest" with Reuters reporting that Alonso, smiled and waved as he left at around 1430 local time.
Alonso will "not take part in the test this week at the Circuit de Catalunya," the newspaper added, which is "only a precaution to ensure that he arrives in the best physical shape for the first race in Australia".
Earlier, El Mundo Deportivo said doctors had held Alonso in hospital for three nights due to headaches and pain in his shoulder and back.
The Spanish news agency EFE, meanwhile, said McLaren team boss Eric Boullier visited Alonso in hospital on Wednesday.
Meanwhile McLaren-Honda has confirmed that Alonso will sit out the final test of the winter this week.
The team said in a statement that Alonso will now spend the next few days in "further rest and recuperation" rather than returning to the wheel of the MP4-30 this week.
The newly Honda-powered team said its reserve Kevin Magnussen will replace him.
"Jenson will be testing the McLaren-Honda car [Thursday]," McLaren added.
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