Bojan Vrbnjak
This year intends to c Alpine renamed factory team Renault besides Formula 1 appear in other series as well. The sports brand of French manufacturers will also enrich the top class in the series this year WEC. For the permanent racer of the Formula 1 team Fernanda Alonso in Esteban Ocon, but this does not initially mean that they will also perform in Le Mans.
"At the moment, they are focused on Formula 1 and only on Formula 1. That alone is a lot of work,”The CEO of Alpine knows well Laurent rossi. "We don’t rule out the possibility that some might also perform at Le Mans under certain conditions, but at the time we don’t want to mix the two series." formula 1 is really located in the center, he points out Red and explain: "We can’t afford to create some kind of distraction for racers.“For the future, however, this is no exclusion criterion. “If it proves feasible, we could reconsider, but that is not in our plan today."
Or with, which celebrated its premiere this winter at rally and on the first two trials in Monte Carlo performed in a race car Alpine A110S, but he definitely imagines a performance in Le Mans. "Of course, you can never say no to such an opportunity if one day you are offered," so French, who adds in the same breath: "But at the moment this is not in the plan. Our target of the attack is definitely Formula 1 and that is 200 percent. That is what we fought for. But yes, if the opportunity comes one day and we then agree on a plan with Alpine, then maybe, but that’s not what we’re focusing on at the moment."
His teammate Fernando Alonso has already competed twice in the race 24 hours Le Mans, for the first time in 2018 in addition to his active work in Formula 1 with the team McLaren. In Toyota TS050 Hybrid she is together with teammates Sebastien Buemi in Kazuki Nakayimo secured a joint victory. A year later, the aforementioned trio celebrated again at this legendary race.
