However, Ron Dennis says his marquee signing is eager to return the McLaren-Honda partnership to winning ways. “I can show you the texts that he was sending me last night [Saturday]. The word that made me smile was ‘relish’, meaning relishing the challenge," Dennis assured Sky Sports F1's Martin Brundle ahead of the race.
The cause of Alonso's accident remains unclear, but both Dennis and Jenson Button are convinced that the Spaniard was not knocked unconscious by an electric shock from the energy recovery system.
“My gut feeling is, and it seems so difficult for people to believe it could have been a gust of wind, but it was very, very gusty so it could have been that,” Dennis said.
“It could have been a lapse in concentration for a minute because Fernando wasn’t actually taking the corner at full speed. There is a lot silliness out there as there always is, but he definitely wasn’t electrocuted.
“The level of testing that Fernando went through with every scan known to man and there is absolutely no trace of anything wrong.”
Button added: “From a driver’s point of view that wasn’t involved in the incident you want to understand exactly what happened in terms of what happened with the car, was there an issue? So every single bit of data I have gone through and I see nothing that points towards a car failure.
“And 100 per cent it was not an electric shock, so I am happy that there is nothing wrong with the car and I have the confidence to push the car to the limit.”
“We conducted one of the most intensive investigations McLaren has ever conducted on the car – it wasn’t that badly damaged – we have a reputation for being a technology company, we do all the crash research for the FIA, we pioneered the use of carbon fibre, so I think we are very well equipped to understand why an accident happens,” he said.
“It certainly wasn’t because of a car failure, of that we are absolutely sure.”
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