McLaren Racing has confirmed that they will use Chevrolet engines in the 2019 Indianapolis 500. Fernando Alonso will once again drive for the team and will be hoping for better luck than his last effort in 2017 with Honda power.
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Fernando Alonso was born on 29 July 1981 in Oviedo, Spain.
He is a two-time FIA Formula One World Champion in 2005 and 2006 with the Renault team.
He made his F1 debut with the Minardi team in 2001.
For the 2018 F1 season, he will drive for the McLaren Renault Formula 1 Team.
He will also compete in the 2018 Rolex 24 At Daytona for United Autosports and the 2018 24 Hours of Le Mans for the Toyota GAZOO Racing team.
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F1 has said goodbye to one of its most tenacious, aggressive and relentless competitors, and a remarkable 2012 season saw Fernando Alonso at his brilliant best.
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A look in to who will no longer be on the grid in the 2019 FIA Formula 1 World Championship and where they will be heading.
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NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson has said that he is interested in taking part in a road course races in the IndyCar Series in the future. The Hendrick Motorsports driver said he has had multiple offers to race in the Indy 500 in the past.
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Fernando Alonso completed his final weekend in Formula 1 for at least a year, labelling the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as a “touching” weekend.
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Having recently hung up his helmet in the Formula One paddock, Fernando Alonso already has his eyes locked on his next race: the 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona.
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Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel swap helmets as a sign of respect after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The pair fought for the title in the previous two years.
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Lewis Hamilton secured a comfortable victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.
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Stoffel Vandoorne became the first driver to be whitewashed in qualifying by a team-mate over the course of a season since Nelson Piquet, Jr in 2008 after he could only manage 18th in Abu Dhabi.
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Fernando Alonso has finished his final qualifying session in fifteenth position, completing a 21-0 qualifying sweep over teammate Stoffel Vandoorne in the process.
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Lewis Hamilton claimed his 83rd Formula 1 pole position in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with team-mate Valtteri Bottas completing the front-row. Sebastian Vettel third, as Fernando Alonso lines up 15th in likely final grand prix.
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Lewis Hamilton was fastest in Free Practice 3 ahead of the two Scuderia Ferrari’s while Charles Leclerc hit the wall on the exit of turn 19
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Bottas would end the session ahead of Max Verstappen, who had an early scare after running over the new Turn 20 kerb.
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Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo led the way for Red Bull in Abu Dhabi’s early offering. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton lagged, while Ferrari languished in the lower end of the top ten.
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Fernando Alonso teased a potential return to Formula 1 after a year out in 2019, before his last race with McLaren in Abu Dhabi.