The 37-year-old Spaniard Fernando Alonso announced on Tuesday that he was stopping his F1 career at the end of the season!
Fernando Alonso will therefore put an end to his career in F1 at the end of the year, after 17 seasons and more than 300 Grand Prix. Alonso, a two-time world champion with Renault in 2005 and 2006, and winner of 32 Grands Prix, has been living at McLaren since 2015. His performances with the Honda engine have been catastrophic. This year, it is a little better, thanks to the Renault engine, but not enough to retain the Spaniard, whose last success was in May 2013 in Spain, driving a Ferrari.
Before heading to England next weekend to compete in the 6 Hours of Silverstone with Toyota, Fernando Alonso put the F1 planet on fire on this Tuesday. It all started with a tweet published last Saturday, with just a countdown and the date of August 14th. On the social network, his fans, and even F1 fans, have been eagerly awaiting the big news all day long. News fell at 5:00 pm, on McLaren's account and on his personal account.
Fernando post this video on twitter
"Thanks to McLaren, I became a more complete driver"
He said: "I want to thank McLaren I will always remain very attached to this team, and I know they will come back stronger in the future. Thanks to them I became a more complete pilot because they allowed me to widen my horizons. I made this decision several months ago, she is firm. "
Engaged with Toyota for the super endurance season that will end in June 2019 at the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Spaniard has not clarified his future for next year. Tempted by the Indycar to complete his Triple Crown (world champion F1, winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the 500 Miles Indianapolis), Alonso has made no announcement regarding a commitment in the North Championship -American.
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