McLaren driver and two-time Formula 1 champion Fernando Alonso has hinted at a move to the FIA World Endurance Championship with Porsche in the future.
Alonso has started 272 F1 races, having debuted for Minardi in 2001 before successful stints at Renault, McLaren and Ferrari.
The Spaniard has been linked to a WEC move for years and has been vocal about his desire to race at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
He waved the flag to start the 2014 Le Mans race and was even reported to have had a deal with Porsche to compete in the 2015 race, before Honda blocked it.
Now he has dropped the biggest hint yet at what he will be doing when he decides to leave F1, speaking in a tribute video to his friend Mark Webber shown at the WEC end-of-season gala in Bahrain.
Webber spent many years racing against Alonso in F1 and moved to the WEC with Porsche in 2014. Earlier in the year he announced he would retire at the end of 2016 and finished third in his final race in Bahrain last weekend.
“You've had a fantastic career and now all your success with Porsche,” Alonso said.
“You didn't wait for me there, it could have been nice but I think you will still be around and I will ask you many things when I join your adventure. A really great man and from my heart all the best.”
Alonso’s McLaren deal comes to an end in 2017 but he has made clear his F1 future will depend on whether he enjoys the new regulations.
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