floydfreak wrote:Robbo-92 wrote:floydfreak wrote:Alonso is apparently ready to quit F1 according to Martin Brundle.
I imagine his patience is wearing a little thin. Even at Monaco, McLaren 'best chassis' Renault still didn't win while a Renault powered Red Bull did.....
Meanwhile he won on his first race in the WEC, granted there isnt any real competitors in the LMP1 class but I imagine that winning feeling kind of overrides that fact for him, he's also desperate for that triple crown and he'd probably happily take a move to indycar for a few seasons if it meant he won the Indy 500. Theres a good chance he'll win Le Mans this year meaning he'll have 2/3 of the triple crown.
I agree since Indy last year he has seen life out of F1 where its more competitive better racing etc. The fact the win he got in WEC this year is his first since 2013. Could potentially win Le Mans if reliability is on his side. He will be lucky to get another win in F1 at all in the next few years he imo is better going off and doing Sports cars and Indycar.
He could even win the WEC championship if everything goes well, alongside a full season in F1 that would equal a mighty effort on his behalf.
andretmzt wrote:No real competitors in LMP1. Okay then.
A good chance in a Toyota as well? I suppose they can't break down during the race forever.
Well if the Toyotas actually make it to the end of the 24 hours of Le Mans I fully expect them to occupy the top 2 steps, so the other Toyota would provide good competition for the win obviously. While the privateer LMP1 teams are decent they don't seem to have the budget to challenge the manufacturer backed teams and now Audi and Porsche have left over the last few years all things being well I would say Toyota don't have any real competitors for the win? Unless the privateers have taken a massive step forward this season that is, I never looked at the in depth result for the 6 hours of Spa, just saw that Alonso had won.