TWO-TIME Formula 1 king Fernando Alonso is back in the saddle just days after fracturing his jaw in a crash – and keen to show off his return. Alonso showed no obvious signs of the jaw damage he suffered when he was knocked off his bike by a car on the outskirts of Lugano where he now lives. But she was beaten to first place by Alonso’s new team Alpine, who responded with messages on Instagram and Twitter where a spokesman described him as “bulletproof.”. The race is now on for Alonso to recover in time for the start of the new F1 season in Bahrain on March 28. Alonso was transferred from a hospital in Lugano to another in Bern so he could be operated on last Friday. Alonso and his former wife have stayed friends since their split in 2011.

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