Alonso eyes '27 WEC move: the Spaniard and Aston Martin's history in the series

GPblog understands that the Spaniard is considering retiring from Formula 1 for good after the current season and making a switch to the World Endurance Championship (WEC).

After leaving Formula 1 following the 2018 season, Alonso completed a single season in the 2018–19 championship. He joined the dominant Toyota Gazoo Racing team and won the 24 Hours of Le Mans twice, in 2018 and 2019, alongside teammates Sébastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima.

Alongside those victories, he competed in six other races on his way to the WEC title. He won at Spa-Francorchamps twice and also triumphed at Sebring, while finishing second at Fuji and Shanghai after losing out to the other Toyota Gazoo Racing car. The only time Alonso and his team failed to finish on the podium was at Silverstone, where they were disqualified.

Moreover, Alonso competed in the 24 Hours of Daytona twice in IMSA, including once alongside Lando Norris. In 2018, they finished 38th. A year later, Alonso won the famous American race alongside Kamui Kobayashi, Jordan Taylor, and Renger van der Zande, driving a Cadillac.

As Alonso has stated in multiple interviews, he would continue working with Aston Martin, and that would also be the case in WEC. The Aston Martin THOR Team joined the WEC and IMSA in 2025.

In the World Endurance Championship, their best result was fourth place at this year's races in Spa and COTA. The #007 car has consistently finished in the points, but the same cannot be said for the #009, which has only done so once, at Interlagos.

In IMSA last year, the #23 car managed to finish on the podium once, taking second place in Atlanta.