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Data reveals Fernando Alonso sustained 46G impact in Melbourne crash
Fernando Alonso's season-opening crash at the Australian Grand Prix peaked at 46G, a new report by the FIA's Safety Institute has found. The McLaren driver contacted the rear of Esteban Gutierrez's Haas car, sending him flying through the air before barrel-rolling one and a half times, finally coming to a rest against the tyre wall. He managed to walk away from the crash, although he suffered a collapsed lung and a broken rib, which forced him to miss the following race in Bahrain. New data, taken from the FIA's high-speed cameras - which are mounted on the nose of the car looking toward the driver - reveal that Alonso hit Gutierrez at 305km/h,...
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