OFFICIAL: Fernando Alonso will run in the Indy 500 in 2019

It has already been confirmed from McLaren's social networks , Fernando Alonso will run with the McLaren team in the 103rd Edition of the Indianapolis 500 . The own team has said that it is a pending cause what they have with Fernando Alonso and the Indy 500 for the result of last year, when Fernando had the victory in his pocket and finally it could not be for the Honda engine that failed again of few laps when he had made an exceptional race to be a rookie.

With this, Fernando Alonso will try to win and become the second driver in history to get the longed for Triple Crown , having won the Monaco GP, the 24 hours of Le Mans that he won this year with Toyota in the WEC, so he only needs to win in the Indy 500 2019 . Nobody has done it since Graham Hill did it in 1972, and it could be Alonso the next ...

In addition, McLaren has already won in the past in the Indy, and are delighted to return to the Brickyard as has said the CEO of McLaren, Zak Brown . In addition, he said that they have outstanding pending with Fernando Alonso for what I have said before, and that they want to face the challenge again and see if this time they have more luck. Of course it would have been impeccable to arrive last year and win them. However, this year comes with more experience.

So from AM we can only wish Fernando Alonso the best and this time, in 2019, he gets the Triple Crown and can take the Milk home . We will see if they run with the same orange colors of last year and with the same number, we will have to see it. In addition, they have not specified whether they will do it with Mario Andretti's group or with whom, and if he would do it with a Honda engine or if he would do it with Chevrolet. They have already confirmed that it will be an own team of McLaren Racing without association, and most likely it is a Chevrolet engine. It will not affect the F1, since it will be a different staff that takes care of it.