The curious case of Fernando Alonso

The rumours had been running for some time, before the confirmation came on 30 January – Fernando Alonso will participate in the FIA World Endurance Championship 2018/19 for Toyota Gazoo Racing. The press release from Toyota stated that he would do the rounds that don’t clash with Formula 1, since that will still be his first priority. It means he could do every round but the Fuji round in Japan, which was clashing with Formula 1 at COTA in the USA. Shortly thereafter, the talks of a date change for…

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Rebellion with experience and youth

Rebellion Racing already put names on their FIA WEC drivers back in December, but didn’t announce the driver combinations of the six then. Following the FIA World Endurance Championship revealing the entry list for the upcoming 2018/19, the team has released their plans for the year. Car #1 will be shared by Andre Lotterer, Neel Jani and Bruno Senna. That will be the car with experience, because of 2 FIA WEC Drivers Titles, 4 Le Mans victories and 47 Formula One race starts. Mathias Beche, Thomas Laurent and Gustavo Menezes…

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