<p>ENSTONE, England — Two-time Formula One champion Fernando Alonso has left the hospital following surgery on his jaw, Alpine F1 said Monday.</p>
<p>Alonso fractured his jaw in a cycling accident in Switzerland on Thursday.</p>
<p>“After a period of 48 hours observation at hospital in Switzerland, Fernando Alonso has now been discharged to complete his recovery at home,” the team wrote on Twitter. “He will now have a short period of complete rest before progressively resuming training to undertake preparation for the start of the season.”</p>
<p>Preseason testing begins at the Bahrain International Circuit in Sakhir on March 12. The first race will be held at the same venue on March 28.</p>
<p>The 39-year-old Spaniard has won 32 F1 races, with 97 podium finishes. He is due to make his comeback in F1 after retiring at the end of the 2018 season.</p>
<p>“I’m ok and looking forward to getting 2021 underway,” Alonso wrote on Twitter on Friday after the team said he would be “fully operational" for the start of the season.</p>
<p>Alonso won his titles in 2005 and 2006 with Renault, which was re-branded as Alpine for 2021.</p>
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