{"id":633096,"date":"2026-04-27T01:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633096\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T01:17:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T01:17:23","slug":"alonso-wants-to-stay-in-formula-1-beyond-2026-and-more-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/633096\/","title":{"rendered":"Alonso wants to stay in Formula 1 beyond 2026, and more \u2013 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Monday\u2019s edition of the RaceFans round-up.<\/p>\n<p>Social media and links<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/motor\/formula1\/gp-miami\/2026\/04\/25\/alonso-alto-claro-sobre-retirada-f1-siento-haya-llegado-momento.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alonso, alto y claro sobre su retirada de la F1: &#8216;No siento que haya llegado el momento&#8217; (Marca &#8211; Spanish)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve been behind the wheel for 41 years. I think the moment I stop racing will be a tough decision and it will be hard to accept. Time will tell, I&#8217;ll feel it. But for now, I don&#8217;t feel that moment has arrived; I feel competitive and motivated. I&#8217;m happy when I&#8217;m driving. So I hope this season isn&#8217;t my last in Formula 1.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/results.tcslondonmarathon.com\/2026\/?content=detail&amp;fpid=search&amp;pid=search&amp;idp=9TG2O3HQ510C2A&amp;lang=EN_CAP&amp;event=MAS&amp;search%5Bname%5D=Vettel&amp;search_event=MAS\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Participant details (London Marathon)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sebastian Vettel completed his first London Marathon in a time of two hours, 59 minutes and eight seconds&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/racer.com\/2026\/04\/21\/how-jhr-and-veekay-turned-pitstops-from-a-weakness-into-a-weapon\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">How JHR and VeeKay turned pit stops from a weakness into a weapon (Racer)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The staff don&#8217;t just prep the cars every morning. They put in their shift an hour or two in the morning in the gym, and we work on certain areas of the body so we can get repeatability. And then, of course, the other thing we do is we practice pit stops at four o&#8217;clock every day with both crews and the drivers tend to come in and take part in the practice as well. So we have continuity there, which follows into the real stuff.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cYakqbk447Y\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Super Formula round three Autopolis qualifying highlights (Super Formula)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/superformula.net\/sf3\/release\/26754\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2026, round three, Kyushu Tournament, final (Super Formula)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the race start time approached, the weather at Autopolis in Oita Prefecture worsened, resulting in two delays to the start. The race then started under a safety car, but was soon interrupted by a red flag. A meeting of team representatives was held afterward, and unfortunately, the race was canceled at 3:20pm.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8zyX8JWi4Xg?t=720\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Red Bull Ring round one, race three (Formula Regional Europe)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p lang=\"cs\" dir=\"ltr\">D\u00e1ndolo todo\u00a0\ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<p>Taking it all in \ud83e\udd1d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BDK9DfDWhK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/BDK9DfDWhK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BWT Alpine Formula One Team (@AlpineF1Team) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlpineF1Team\/status\/2048504845624115486?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>RaceFans always endeavours to credit original sources. Want to share a relevant motorsport link with us? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.racefans.net\/contact\/contact-racefans\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Send it in via the contact form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-above-ad\">Advert | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/contribute-racefans\/racefans-supporter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday!<\/p>\n<p>Happy birthday to El Gordo!<\/p>\n<p><a name=\"onthisday\"\/><br \/>\nOn this day in motorsport<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/2021\/04\/27\/racefans-round-up-27-04-4\/san-marino-grand-prix-imola-ita-25-27-04-1986-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-451098 nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/racefansdotnet-21-04-27-00-00-35-1.jpg\" alt=\"Alain Prost, McLaren, Imola, 1986\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" class=\"size-full wp-image-451098\"  \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/f1-information\/whos-who\/whos-who-p\/alain-prost\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alain Prost<\/a> won at Imola today in 1986<\/p>\n<p>40 years ago today Alain Prost won the San Marino Grand Prix, avenging his lost victory 12 months earlier, when he was disqualified<br \/>\nBorn today in 1943: Helmut Marko, who won the 1971 Le Mans 24 Hours in a Porsche shared with Gijs van Lennep and started nine grands prix but retired after being struck in the eye by a stone at Clermont-Ferrand in 1972, and lost the sight in it<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-above-ad\">Advert | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racefans.net\/contribute-racefans\/racefans-supporter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Become a RaceFans supporter and go ad-free<\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to Monday\u2019s edition of the RaceFans round-up. 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