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Fernando Alonso, double champion of the Formula One world (2005 and 2006) and the Endurance World Championship (in the 2018-19 Super Season) assured that he has already "decided" what the 2021 campaign will do, in which he was considering a possible return to the F1 if rule change occurred, postponed to 2022.

"I know more or less what I'm going to do in 2021, I hope you know soon, but I can't say more," said the double Asturian F1 world champion, in response to questions from fans through the official profile of the 24 Hours of Le Mans on Instagram, test to which he promised to return to compete to seek a third victory.

"I always said that in 2021, with new rules, it was possible that I would return to Formula One, because perhaps the cars are more balanced and I am hungry to test myself again," explained Alonso. However, that regulatory change has been delayed by the rectors of Formula One to 2022, a decision that is "bad news" for the category, according to the Oviedo driver, since he needs to "balance the cars" and apply these rules. "as soon as possible", although he admitted that with the activity stopped by the coronavirus pandemic, it was a logical decision.

"It is an understandable decision, because with this situation now you cannot develop the 2021 cars," added the brilliant Asturian driver, double F1 champion with the Renault team and winner of the World Endurance Championship (WEC) with Toyota.

"I love the Dakar"

The restless Asturian driver's last foray into a new discipline was his participation in the 2020 Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia, where he finished thirteenth in his first experience in a rally and even got on the podium, being second in the eighth stage . "I love the spirit of the race. I have shared moments with drivers, mechanics, journalists, you are in the middle of the desert, there are no hotels, bathrooms, many things that you are used to in other races, and there is no difference between people. I think it was three weeks of pure experience, "explained Alonso.

For the Spanish rider, these types of tests help to deepen "the human part of sport" and he did not rule out repeating participation in future editions. "Hopefully I can come back someday, I have several years to do it, Carlos (Sainz) won it when he was 57 this year. Hopefully he can come back, be more competitive and try to win," he added.

Alonso admitted that it is not in his current plans to compete in full in the American championship of oval circuits IndyCar - of which he has participated in the Indianapolis 500 Miles of 2017, test in which he will participate again this year, in August - it is not something It is in your current plans, as it requires a "great commitment" and "a lot of preparation". "The Indianapolis 500 Hours is already a great commitment and great preparation, I don't want to imagine the full championship," he added.

The Spanish driver explained that his childhood car idol was the Brazilian Ayrton Senna , three-time Formula One world champion, and among his best teammates he remembered the Italians Giancarlo Fisichella and Jarno Trulli, the British Jenson Button, and his teammates in the Toyota Resistance team (Sébastien Buemi, Kazuki Nakajima, Mike Conway, Kamui Kobayashi and José María 'Pechito' López).

Asked if he would like to create his own motorsport squad, Alonso - who runs an eSports team and another Formula Renault Eurocup team - ruled out creating a Formula One team, because "it generates more worries than happiness", although he said he would not mind lead one of resistance. "I don't have it planned in the short term," he added.

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