F1 driver in Swiss hospital after bicycle crash

Formula 1 driver, Fernando Alonso has been admitted to a hospital in Lugano after a bicycle accident.

His team, Alpine Racing, says the 39-year-old Spanish driver was involved in a traffic accident. He’s said to be conscious, but is suffering a broken jaw.

Press reports suggest Alonso will be transferred to Bern for further checks later today.

Preparations for the new F1 season are well underway ahead of the first race in Bahrain due on the 28th March. Testing will start on the 12th.

More from Bitesize News

  • Bank details compromised

    British digital bank Revolut has admitted handing customer information to fraudsters who impersonated a European government agency

  • Watch theft victim speaks out

    A luxury watch dealer just across the French border from Geneva has broken his silence about a violent robbery earlier this month

  • Crans Montana hearings due before end of year

    Jessica Moretti, who ran the Constellation bar in Crans-Montana, is now living in near-isolation in the Valais village of Lens more than eight months after the deadly New Year's Eve fire

  • Better news for economy

    Switzerland's economy will grow 1.7% this year — nearly double the 0.9% expansion forecast in June, the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs said yesterday

  • Geneva budget plan unveiled

    Geneva has now put figures to its austerity plan — a CHF 546 million deficit for 2027, even after CHF 247 million in cuts

  • Summer fires increase

    Firefighters across French-speaking Switzerland tackled far more vegetation fires this summer than in any of the past five years

Download our app

  • Available on the App Store
  • Available on Google Play