Concerns over the well-being of Fernando Alonso were extinguished to some extent on Monday when the driver's manager, Luis Garcia Abad,tweeted an image of the two-time world champion smiling from a hospital bed.
But it is currently unclear whether Alonso, who according to BBC Sport's Andrew Benson suffered concussion in a crash at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last Sunday, will be able to participate in the final pre-season test this week.
McLaren confirmed that Alonso is making a "solid recovery" after CT and MRI scans performed on the driver produced positive results, but the team added that although they "intend to give him every opportunity to make a rapid and complete recovery," they will "evaluate in due course" whether the Spaniard can an instant return to action.
Abad, meanwhile, told reporters (h/t motorsport.com) that Alonso will stay in hospital "for the time we need to be sure everything is right," admitting that he wasn't sure whether it would take "one, two or three days more."
Missing the final test could prove costly for Alonso, particularly if McLaren do somehow manage to resolve their reliability issues and are able to run the MP4-30 in anger for the first time and Jenson Button, the Spaniard's team-mate, is able to get a true feel for the Honda-powered car.
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