Fernando Alonso has insisted it would not be realistic to strike up a partnership with Max Verstappen for the 2027 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The topic of the two F1 champions teaming up in the same entry has been raised many times in the past, and with next year’s Le Mans not clashing with a grand prix weekend, it opened the door to the possibility.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Alonso is a two-time winner of the event, having won in 2018 and 2019 with Toyota.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Verstappen is also an avid follower of endurance racing and has voiced his desire to compete at Le Mans in the future.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
When asked what needs to happen for the partnership to become reality, Alonso told media including RacingNews365: \u201cThat Max is more free on the calendar.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cHe does a lot of races.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
While Alonso is not expecting the two to link up next year, he kept the door open for another opportunity.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI don’t think next year will happen, but maybe in the future. That would be nice.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\tAlonso ‘will be around’ regardless of F1 call<\/p>\n
Alonso has not yet detailed whether he will remain on the F1 grid next year, as he endures a challenging campaign with Aston Martin.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
However, the Spaniard has reiterated on many occasions that it is the enjoyment of the regulations, rather than the performance of the car, that will determine his decision.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
But should he opt to walk away from F1, Alonso insisted it will be far from the end of his racing career.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI will be around, as I said many times, I will keep driving,\u201d he said.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cIf it’s in F1 or other categories, I don’t really know. While I’m in F1, I will be with this team, driving or not driving.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\u201cI love the sport. F1 is my life, motorsport is my life, and it will always be.\u201d\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso has insisted it would not be realistic to strike up a partnership with Max Verstappen for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":903523,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[64,63,827,830,828,831,829,826,813,823,825,806,805,824,803,804,822,85],"class_list":["post-903522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-motosport","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motor","tag-motor-sports","tag-motorsport","tag-motosport","tag-motosports","tag-racing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903522\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}