Fernando Alonso has spent most of his F1 career changing teams, searching for that elusive third world championship. Other than Ferrari, McLaren is the team he has driven for a considerable amount of time.
He first moved to the Woking-based team in 2007 as a reigning world champion. However, a bitter intra-team rivalry with rookie Lewis Hamilton saw him push for a move back to Renault the very next season. With things not quite working out at Renault, Alonso moved to Ferrari in 2010.
After coming agonizingly close to winning the title on two occasions — in 2010 and 2012 — Alonso moved back to McLaren in 2015 and drove for them until 2018. He then took a sabbatical from the sport, trying his hand at other racing series.
It seems Alonso earned a lot of goodwill during his stint at McLaren. Possibly why the team’s CEO, Zak Brown, has said that he would love to have the Spaniard back.
But this time, Brown wants Alonso to race for McLaren in the World Endurance Championship (WEC). The Woking-based outfit is set to return to the championship in 2027. McLaren will enter the hypercar class and also compete in the 2027 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
“Alonso is one of the best, I know, because he worked for us. He is an incredible athlete, and although his days in Formula 1 will end soon, we have already announced that we will return to Le Mans, a race that he has already won, and I would love to see him again in a McLaren,” Brown said, hinting at a possible reunion with the Spaniard.
With a McLaren-Honda, Alonso managed to score 8 points in the first 4 GPs in 2016
With an Aston Martin, he has 0 points after 4 GPs this season pic.twitter.com/wwN8rfnvWf
— Holiness (@F1BigData) April 13, 2025
Alonso has had prior experience in WEC. He took part in championships such as the WEC and the 24 Hours of Le Mans during his sabbatical from F1 before returning to the pinnacle of motorsport in 2021 with Alpine (formerly Renault).
As things stand, Alonso is the closest F1 driver to achieve the triple-crown in motorsport, an accolade that only Graham Hill has earned so far.
To achieve the triple crown, a driver must win the Monaco GP, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Indy 500. Alonso has won two of these races already, winning the Monaco GP twice in 2006 and 2007 with Renault and McLaren, respectively, and the Le Mans in 2018 and 2019 with Toyota Gazoo Racing.
He tried to achieve the crown by entering the Indy 500 with McLaren in the past. But he has failed to show his competitiveness across the pond. Alonso would probably be interested in trying it with McLaren, the only team to have achieved the triple crown.
McLaren won the Indy 500 in 1974 with Johnny Rutherford, the Monaco Grand Prix in 1984 with Alain Prost, and the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1995 with JJ Lehto, Yannick Dalmas, and Masanori Sekiya.
