Alonso misses Jerez due to knee bruising

Fernando Alonso, who was scheduled for test duty this week at Jerez, won't be able to come on track as he has some bruisings on his knee. The Spaniard is very disappointed as he wanted to test the new tyres, developments on the car and engine parts.

"No. I banged my knee on the side of the chassis during practice in Monza, and there is some bruising. Of course, I raced with the problem at the weekend, but we took the decision not to test this week to let it recover in the best way possible. To be honest, I am really frustrated with the situation because I wanted to be out there testing. We have new tyres, new developments on the car and engine parts to test as well. It will be a very busy and important week in Jerez."