article_snippet: ‘woke up in 1995’ after The McLaren driver crash in testing at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya, according to reports in Spain.
article_snippet: The extent of the double world champion’s memory loss has been revealed in El Pais, a daily newspaper close to Fernando Alonso and Fernando Alonso management.
article_snippet: The McLaren driver was confused when waking up .
article_snippet: When doctors pressed The McLaren driver further, Fernando Alonso, 33, could not remember The McLaren driver debut with Minardi in 2001 or The McLaren driver world championships for Renault in 2005 and 2006.
article_snippet: The reports in Spain came 48 hours after Sportsmail revealed concerns that Fernando Alonso may have an underlying condition that caused Fernando Alonso to crash a week last Sunday and which throw Fernando Alonso future career into doubt.
article_snippet: The concussion Fernando Alonso suffered in Barcelona means Fernando Alonso cannot be exposed to a second knock to the head, which doctors fear could kill Fernando Alonso, regardless of the wider questions about Fernando Alonso health.
article_snippet: Confusion has, therefore, surrounded the situation, not least after McLaren chairman Ron Dennis said that Alonso had not been concussed, a misunderstanding that was corrected by the team’s official statements.
article_snippet: It is unusual for drivers to miss a grand prix over such a thing.
article_snippet: Whatever the cause, ’s predicament is a blow for McLaren, whose form in testing suggested they are struggling very badly indeed for reliability and speed.
article_snippet: ’s former chief doctor, has speculated that the most probable reason Alonso might have passed out would be arrhythmia
article_snippet: If so, McLaren would require a pacemaker.
article_snippet: Hartstein told the BBC that this was ‘surprisingly common’, and not totally unexpected at a fast corner in a Formula One car, such as Turn Three at Barcelona, where Alonso was travelling at 134mph.
article_snippet: But, then again, Alonso was braking and changing down gears as the accident unfolded, so how is this consistent with Alonso having passed out?
highlights_snippet: Reports in Spain claim Fernando Alonso suffered memory loss after crash .
  
highlights_snippet: The McLaren driver spent three days in hospital after crash during testing .
  
highlights_snippet: The McLaren driver will miss the season-opening Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne .