Alonso gives hints about future beyond F1

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15:28, 11 Jun 2018

Fernando Alonso has remained cryptic about his future in motorsport and F1 beyond the current 2018 season. The Spaniard has been open about his desire to win the triple crown, and he would need an Indy 500 win and Le Mans victory to complete the feat.

Alonso was forced to retire from his 300th grand prix, a hugely disappointing end to his race after starting positively but afterwards, Alonso had shifted his focus to 24 hours of Le Mans.

“From tomorrow it’s another experience there. Hopefully, a good race for us, we are also leading the World Endurance Championship after the race in Spa.

“We are definitely focused on that right now after the retirement of today.”

When asked if he would be competing in F1 and at the Canadian Grand Prix for 2019, he responded:

“We’ll see. I hope so.

“We definitely need to find more performance in the car.

“We need to find the way to become also competitive and reliability is also important – we saw at the beginning of the year how many points we scored.

“We lost points in the last two races, a few areas in the car we need to keep improving and let’s see what will happen in the next couple of months.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	219
2	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	169
3	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	160
4	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	138
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	128
6	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	109
7	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	92
8	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	68
9	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	43
10	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	42
11	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	23
12	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	19
13	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
14	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	10
15	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
16	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	5
17	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	3
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	2
19	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	1
20	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
21	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
22	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0

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