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Alonso to enter Le Mans, WEC with Toyota in 2018
Fernando Alonso will enter this year's 24 Hours of Le Mans and select rounds of the FIA World Endurance Championship with Toyota after being given permission by McLaren to dovetail his Formula 1 commitments with sports car racing duties. Alonso began his bid to win the 'triple crown of motorsport' by entering last year's Indianapolis 500, and has long set his sights on racing at Le Mans, with the two events joining the Monaco Grand Prix in making up the unofficial title. Alonso tested Toyota's LMP1 car in Bahrain last November and made his sports car racing debut in the Rolex 24 at Daytona last weekend, acting as preparation for a possible Le Mans entry. McLaren announced in a statement on...
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