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Formula One: Alonso taken to hospital after testing crash

Medical staff evacuate McLaren's Formula One driver Fernando Alonso of Spain to an helicopter after crashing his car during a test session at Catalunya's racetrack in Montmelo

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso was airlifted to hospital after crashing his McLaren on Sunday's final morning of the second pre-season test in Barcelona.

The Spaniard had managed just 20 laps on another troubled morning for the struggling McLaren-Honda partnership when he crashed into the wall between turns three and four at the Circuit de Catalunya.

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