Ex-formula 1 world champion Fernando Alonso (37) leaves the Premier class at the end of this season. The Team McLaren said. Alonso even tweeted a Video with a personal tribute to the formula-1.
Fernando Alonso adopted at the end of this season from formula 1. “Let’s see what the future brings, it will wait for new exciting challenges. I have one of the happiest times of my life, but I need to explore new adventures,” said the two-time world champion in a message to his current team McLaren. “After 17 wonderful years in this great Sport, it is time for me to make a change and move on,” said the 32-time Grand Prix-winner.
Change in the Indy-Car series?
Alonso had contested in Australia in 2001, his first formula 1 race. Last was been speculation about his exit. A great goal Alonso’s winning the Triple Crown. This includes victories in the classic Indy 500, the Monaco Grand Prix in formula 1 and at Le Mans. The Indy 500 is missing the Spaniard. Among other things, therefore, it is speculated that the Spaniard could be set to move after 18 years in formula-1 in the Indy-Car series in the United States.
Hulkenberg tweeted farewell greetings in Spanish
Alonso, who won with Renault to two world titles, has long been regarded as one of the formative figures of the formula 1 and enjoys in the paddock of the highest recognition, even if the great achievements of the Spaniard are already a long time ago. In the last few years, Alonso followed the formula 1 dominated the other. Nevertheless, the 37-Year-old is a popular colleague in the racing world, also the German pilot Nico Hülkenberg, who wrote on Twitter farewell greetings in Spanish, and the emotional Video of Alonso’s with the title “Dear F1” retweetete.
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