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Fernando Alonso will begin his 2019 endurance season by participating in the Daytona 24 Hours in a Wayne Taylor Racing Cadillac DPi-VR prototype in January, the team announced on Tuesday, the winner of the 2017 race. Jan. 27, the 24 Hours of Daytona, which open the season of the North American Endurance Championship, will be the second of the Spanish champion, who launched his endurance career last year on this same legendary circuit, largely oval, a rehearsal just a few months from his historic coronation at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
"I'm very happy (…) This is without a doubt one of the most beautiful racing cars in America and the world (…) I made my debut last year in endurance on this circuit. These left me hungry, after braking problems that broke the dreams of podium"said the double F1 world champion, 38th last year on a Ligier.
In duo with Kobayashi
The 37-year-old Spaniard will be supported in 2019 at Daytona by Kamui Kobayashi, the team announced, the Japanese being like Alonso endurance driver at Toyota, but in the other car of the Japanese manufacturer at the World Endurance Championship (WEC).
Alonso is targeting this year in particular the 500 Miles of Indianapolis at the end of May, IndyCar race that would make him, if he wins, the second driver holder of the famous "Triple Crown", gathering victories at the F1 Grand Prix of Monaco, at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and therefore the 500 miles of Idianapolis. The Spaniard, who left F1 in emotion Sunday at the Abu Dhabi GP, will continue to compete in the World Endurance Championship (WEC) with Toyota.
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