Official: 'Healthy' Alonso out of Oz GP

LONDON, England - Fernando Alonso will not race at the season-opening 2015 Australian GP on March 15.

McLaren reports Alonso, acting on his doctor's advice, won't feature in Melbourne following his heavy crash during testing at the Catalunya circuit in Spain.

The team said in a statement: "Fernando has understood and accepted that advice, and the two McLaren-Honda cars will therefore be driven in Australia by Fernando's team mate Jenson Button and the team's test and reserve driver Kevin Magnussen."