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<b>WHAT HAPPENED IN SPAIN?</b> Rumours and speculation continue to fly since Fernando Alonso's crash in testing at the Catalunya circuit. <i>Image: McLaren / Twitter</i>
<b>WHAT HAPPENED IN SPAIN?</b> Rumours and speculation continue to fly since Fernando Alonso's crash in testing at the Catalunya circuit. <i>Image: McLaren / Twitter</i>

LONDON, England - Formula 1's governing body has vowed to look into the circumstances surrounding the mysterious crash that put McLaren driver Fernando Alonso in hospital for four days.

McLaren took 28 hours to issue a statement about Sunday's (Feb 22 2015) incident, triggering speculation there was more to the story than a "normal" gust of wind.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel, who was following the McLaren-Honda, said his rival seemed to simply steer into the concrete wall; a trackside photographer has said that the impact was in fact "not violent".

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