What if the two F1 World Champions were one day reunited in the same crew at the 24 Hours of Le Mans? Neither of them is closing the door, even if it could only happen in the medium or long term.
La Formula 1 continues its full-scale rehearsals this week in Bahrain before the start of its season on March 08th at Melbourne’s Albert Park. Several drivers, including…, gathered at a press conference this afternoon. Fernando Alonso et Max VerstappenThey were questioned on a wide variety of topics. Of course, the behavior of the 2026 F1 cars and their ability to conserve energy on the straights were discussed, but there was also talk of… 24 Hours of Le Mans for the two drivers mentioned above. We remember that Fernando Alonso, like Nico Hulkenberg Moreover, they are former winners and, more recently, Sebastian Vettel showed himself open to participating in the Le Mans classic after having notably tested the Porsche 963 at the start of 2024. Max Verstappen, for his part, said he was thrilled at the idea of one day participating, but “only to fight for the win,” specified the four-time Formula 1 World Champion. Beyond simply participating in the event, Max Verstappen was asked what he would think about sharing a driving position with the Asturian Bull, to which the Dutchman again showed himself open with a touch of humor: “In any case, when Fernando is 75, we will both still be racing drivers: therefore, there will surely be an opportunity one day to make this happen.”
Alonso and Verstappen: two men who are, above all, passionate.
It is common knowledge that Max Verstappen does not intend to stay in Formula 1 for long, as evidenced by his numerous recent participations in closed-car races at the Nordschleife in a Ferrari 296 GT3Franz Hermann (a discreet nickname used by Max Verstappen at the beginning of his GT3 adventure – Ed.) is no longer with us, and Verstappen is no longer hiding it: he will not have an “Alonso-like” career in Formula 1. Fernando Alonso, for his part, has also shown himself open to a collaboration of this kind with Max Verstappen. “If I ever return to Le Mans, it will be to win, and I will need to make sure that the team I end up driving for has the resources to match its ambitions.”he clarified. Of course, at present and due to the contracts binding the two men to their respective Formula 1 teams, such a possibility could not materialize in the short term. “For the moment, it is therefore complicated, if not impossible, to say when this might happen.”“That’s what Max Verstappen added. Fernando Alonso, who will turn 45 this year and is therefore probably closer to a definitive retirement from Formula 1, could potentially be the first of this duo to return to Le Mans. It remains to be seen what car the two men would drive there.” Aston Martin, which currently employs the Spaniard and has often been linked to transfer rumors involving Max Verstappen, could be a possibility. Unless Ford, technical partner of Red Bull, can’t find a solution to bring the two men together in one of his cars in the future…