03/11/2013
NEWS STORY
Fernando Alonso was taken to hospital following today's Abu Dhabi after it was feared he had damaged his back after riding the kerbs.
The precautionary check was carried out after the Spaniard complained of a back pain after an eventful Grand Prix which saw him escape punishment for an incident involving Jean-Eric Vergne following his final pit stop. Indeed, it was in the incident, as he rode along the unforgiving kerbs in his battle with the Frenchman, that he hurt his back.
"I still have all my teeth after the impact," the two-time world champion joked with reporters having been given the all-clear. "My back is obviously in pain a little bit because it was a big hit."
The Spaniard, who subsequently finished fifth, maintaining his runner-up spot in the championship, said there is no danger of him not being fully fit for Austin in two weeks time.
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