F1 Racing UK – August 2019

INSIDER

Fernando Alonso may noteven haveb een toa

Formula 1 race since his pre-test appearance at the

BahrainGrand Prix, but hecould yet play a role in thi s

year’s driver-market silly season. Most ext raordinary of all

is that a returnto Fe rrari – the team he quitin rancorous

circumstancesfi ve years ago– isn’t out of the question.

Alonsohas kepta low profilesince a whirlwind few

weeks in May andJunewhen he f ailed toqualify for the

Indy 500 and then won Le Mans after somelate-race

heartbreak for his Toyota team-mates.Since then he has

been ponderinghis next move. All theindications arethat

he’s waiting to seehow the F1 market shakes out.

One thing iscertain, though: he won’t be racing for

McLaren. The progress theteam has made, and theway

Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris have gelled together, left

new team p rincipal AndreasSeidl convinced the most

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