Alonso was involved in a vicious accident at last weekends race in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix, when he flew over the rear of Esteban Gutiérrez's Haas, hit the wall, flipped over multiple times and finished upside down.
Alonso's car was heavily damaged, but the Spaniard walked away, with no injuries reported.
But after a check-up at the Bahrain International Circuit medical centre, he has been told not to compete due to suffering "rib fractures" and a partially collapsed lung from the accident.
Alonso was forced to miss last year's Australian Grand Prix after he suffered concussion in a pre-season testing accident at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.
McLaren reserve driver and current GP2 champion Stoffel Vandoorne will now drive in alongside Jenson Button for this weekends Bahrain Grand Prix.
In my opinion, it was the right call from the doctors and McLaren not to race Alonso if his not 100% recovered. This was more of long term health rather then thinking short term. It's the right choice for McLaren to rest Fernando Alonso and replace him with Stoffel Vandoorne for a Grand Prix or two and look for their options for 2017.
As for Fernando Alonso, get well soon and lets have a 100% Fernando back to race in Formula 1.
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