The FIA’s Charlie Whiting has confirmed that F1’s governing body is still investigating the circumstances surrounding Fernando Alonso’s mysterious Barcelona test crash last month.

Alonso will be sitting out the Australian Grand Prix after hitting the wall on 22 Feb, amid plenty of speculation about what actually happened and about his medical condition.

McLaren initially claimed that the MP4-30 was hit by a gust of wind but speculation is rife and many believe that there is more to the accident than they are willing to divulge. Some drivers have sinced raised concerns about the safety of McLaren-Honda’s MP4-30 package but Whiting has confirmed that the FIA is investigating the Alonso accident.

“We are working with McLaren and our medical department is still looking at all the information we can find,” Whiting told the media on Thursday.

“We are still talking to McLaren about anything mechanical. Our medical department is talking to people who treated him in hospital and that is really all I can say on that.

“We can’t put a timeframe on it,” he added.

When asked about the rumours surrounding the incident – which include Alonso being shocked by the McLaren-Honda’s electronic system, or a technical failure, or whether Alonso had a pre-existing medical condition caused him to lose consciousness – Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel said that he had no concerns about any of the cars not being safe enough.

“I think nobody wants to send us on the track when they believe that something is not right,” he said during Thursday’s press conference.

“I think we have far too much of a team spirit, in all of the teams I would say, to let that happen. So when the team decides that it’s safe to run, it’s safe to run.”

Fernando Alonso Photo Credit: McLaren-Honda