After failing to qualify for the 2019 Indianapolis 500, two-time Formula 1 world champion, Fernando Alonso, has simply stated that he and McLaren Racing “were not quick enough” to make the field.
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The thirty-six drivers that will attempt to qualify for the 2019 Indianapolis 500 have been confirmed. Thirty-three of the drivers will make the race on May 26, with three drivers being eliminated after qualifying this weekend.
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Two-time Formula 1 world champion, Fernando Alonso, completed his first test in the #66 McLaren Chevrolet IndyCar at Texas Motor Speedway yesterday. The test was a part of Fernando and McLaren’s preparations for next month’s Indianapolis 500 entry.
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The start of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series is just around the corner. Before the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on Sunday, March 10, take a look at everything you need to know in The Checkered Flag’s season preview.
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Fernando Alonso will race with the number sixty-six in this year’s Indianapolis 500. Alonso and McLaren will be paying tribute to Mark Donohue, who took McLaren’s first Indy 500 win back in 1972.
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McLaren and Fernando Alonso will return for a second shot at the Indianapolis 500 in 2019. The team will return for the first time since 2017 with the aim of earning Alonso the triple crown of motorsports.
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has announced today that the team will not compete full-time in the 2019 IndyCar Series. The American stated there was still a chance the team could run Alonso in the Indy 500, however.
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McLaren CEO Zak Brown has confirmed in an interview with Spanish TV that Fernando Alonso will be taking part in an IndyCar test next week with Andretti Autosport; further fuel to the rumours that the Spaniard will race in the championship next year.
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American racing driver Santino Ferrucci will race in the Verizon IndyCar Series for the first time in next month’s Duel in Detroit. The nineteen-year-old will race for Dale Coyne Racing in the #19 PaySafe Honda on June 2 and 3.
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Two-time Indianapolis 500 champion, Juan Pablo Montoya, announced yesterday that he would be missing the 2018 running of the famous IndyCar race to instead prepare for his Le Mans debut in June.
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Formula One driver Kevin Magnussen has said that he would love to race in the Verizon IndyCar Series after he has left F1. The Dane told crash.net that he has often dreamt of racing in the series.
Fernando Alonso’s 2019 Indy 500 car, the #66 McLaren Chevrolet, has been unveiled today at the McLaren Technology Centre in Woking, England. The car will hit the track for the first time at the end of the month in an open test at Indianapolis.
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.
Fernando Alonso has completed his first IndyCar test on a road course. The two-time F1 world champion took to Barber Motorsports Park for the test, where he sampled wet and dry conditions.
Reports have emerged today that McLaren staff are in Indianapolis to discuss a potential full-time 2019 IndyCar entry. Sources suggest that the team are looking at a partnership with Andretti Autosport or Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing.
The three-time grand prix winner says he’d rather focus on Formula 1 than emulate Fernando Alonso’s quest for motor racing’s triple crown.