While the fans and the world get used to their absence in the highest category of motorsport, the Spanish driver focuses on winning the Triple Crown

"I want to say goodbye while still competitive, do not go out the back door. I prefer to be the one who makes the decision and find new challenges outside", said Fernando Alonso to the newspaper El País a few weeks ago when he admitted that he would leave the maximum competition of motorsport.

Leer en español: El nuevo objetivo de Fernando Alonso: La Triple Corona

The two-time F1 champion added "I'm not going to hide that the Triple Crown is one of the objectives that attracts me the most. It is something that only one person has achieved (Graham Hill), but I want to go even a little further. I want to look for challenges never before tried in the history of the sport " referred the experienced steering wheel of the McLaren.

The goal of Alonso is ambitious, and to accomplish that feat is missing a step because it already has the highest award in the 24 Hours of Le Mans and also took the honors at the Grand Prix of Monaco.

Querida F1 ……. pic.twitter.com/9w98zWEg1t

— Fernando Alonso (@alo_oficial) 14 de agosto de 2018

The challenge is great: Triple Crown

Now the Spaniard is focused on exhibiting the Triple Crown of motorsport, and to forge that award the Spaniard must raise his arms in the Indianapolis 500.

"The decision I have made gives me the opportunity to be the best driver ever. In my adaptation to the IndyCar, last year I felt very comfortable and I think I can get other cars well " commented the flyer to El País de España.

On the rtve.es portal, they consider that Spanish will pave his career in other venues such as the Indy Car. The portal reveals that the whole scenario is glimpsed on the tracks of the United States and that it will serve to acclimatize facing the 500 miles of Indianapolis, being the title that is needed to take the highest honors of motorsport.

On the web portal elconfidencial.com in his sports section, he commented that "the Spanish was really competitive in the 500 miles of Indianapolis and with the news about his retirement from Formula 1, his presence testing an IndyCar for the first time with the new aerodynamic package of 2018 may be the final step to determine if it will become your new home " exposes the site.

The one of Alonso is to look for a greater challenge, more adrenaline to his sports race. This is admitted by the pilot Ryan Hunter-Reay, one of Alonso's teammates with Andretti Autosport in Indy last year who released the following: "Alonso is looking for an unpredictable competition, where his hands have an important role, something that Formula 1 has gone losing and disenchanting the Asturian" put in context Hunter in the confidential.com report .

Insufficient space in the F1

Alonso has no place in the highest category, or at least that's what you can see. This is reflected in an analysis in Elmundo.es when they admit that the McLaren, with luck, has a year of transition to be sufficiently competitive again and at 37, Alonso cannot wait any longer to try to get on the podium.

They do not see it in teams like Mercedes, Ferrari or even Red Bull, because their doors are closed. In Red Bull, there are no possibilities and the Spanish media says that it would have been curious to see Fernando Alonso at the wheel of a Red Bull with a Honda engine after criticizing the Japanese brand in the previous three years.

An interesting fact, Elmundo.es points out, is that the Spanish driver lost interest in F1, and justifies the apathy of Alonso for the little money and the facilities offered by the English team, which did not compensate to continue another year competing without hopes

"Fernando lives without the adrenaline of fighting for the big prize. It leaves to the track forced to leave the soul. In exchange, in recent months, in other "less illustrious" categories, Fernando has once again felt what it is: a winner " explains the Spanish media.

Montoya on the trail of Spanish

The Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya also enters the stage for the feat of the Triple Crown. The colombiano.com website reveals that the Colombian driver only needs to add to his medals a victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans to complete the triple crown of motorsport.

In his track record, he exhibits the Grand Prix of Monaco in 2003, and the 500 miles of Indianapolis, in the years 2000 and 2015. Montoya is accustomed to endurance tests, as he has already won in the 24 Hours of Daytona on three occasions (2007, 2008 and 2013), will have among its main rivals Fernando Alonso, who also pursues the achievement of Hill.

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Translated from: 'El nuevo objetivo de Fernando Alonso: La Triple Corona'