Honda vetoes Alonso's Indy 500 deal
Fernando Alonso's plans to contest his third Indy 500 this May are reportedly in tatters.
We reported last week that the Spaniard had agreed to make his latest attempt to complete the 'triple crown' with Michael Andretti's top outfit.
An announcement was apparently imminent, but new reports indicate that the deal has now been vetoed by Andretti's engine supplier Honda.
Alonso and Honda have a checkered past, with the former two-time F1 champion now admitting that he regrets describing the Japanese company's engine supplied to McLaren in 2015 as a "GP2 engine".
"Maybe I shouldn't have said it, but I didn't say it in the TV pen or the press conference," he told F1 Racing magazine.
"If a top driver today went through the performance that I went through, I could not imagine what they would say," added Alonso, 38.
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any, even single one detail on mentioned 'new reports' would be really appreciated, wouldn't it...?
Brilliant driver, horrible career decisions and here we are, on the outside looking in. A shame. We can only hope that these 'reports' are baseless click bait.
Well done Fernando! Im fact Honda engine you had, was a GP2 Engine! Stupid japs, with no humbleness to admit their lack of capacity and huge faults. Go Fernando! You are the best driver since 2005, and the jappis acknowledge thar your words are more true than yours!
"Well done Fernando!" To what? All he did was lose his seat for the race lol.
I have waited a whole day to cool down. Fernando, there is no place in this, or any, forum for racial slurs. Full stop.
Sad to see how lousy the Honda engines were, nowhere near like they once were. I think Alonso was frustrated, and put his mouth before his brain. Lord knows how many times I've done it.
The most overrated driver ever. He has been crying shoulda, woulda, coulda since 07. Only won in 05 due to Kimi's mechanical issues, when his car held together he busted Alonso's ass. Cried the whole 07 season because his rookie teammate was outrunning him every week. He had the best car on the track all season and Raikkonen, Massa, and Hamilton busted his ass all season. He then went to Ferrari and got his doors blown by Vettel for 4 years straight. Back to Mclaren, who let Honda design a PU and then decided to redesign their chassis and tell Honda right before the season they needed to start over and reduce all the dimensions of the PU. The engine couldnt hold together due to heat caused by the Turbo and MGU-K in such a tight space. Then they went bragging about how good there chassis was and blamed everything on Honda. First year with Red Bull and they won 3 races. How many did Mclaren win with Renault? Zero. Alonso led for a portion of the 17 Indy 500 with Honda power. Last year he could even qualify to enter the race with McLaren Chevrolet. He needs to focus on his douchey Kimoa clothes line, because his racing prime was 15 years ago
Spot on AlonsoBlows. Never has a driver been so over rated.
Honda has a very forgetful mind. Remember Bobby Rahal kicking the car cause the engine failed at Indy qualifying? And he owns Honda dealerships and the RLL IndyCar runs Honda. I guess Alonso Will have to wait longer out in the dog house. To which he had reason to say the Honda engine was slow. But he developed it. And now Honda benefits. It goes two ways HONDA.
A competitor that spoke out of frustration and a manufacturer that would be getting so much free exposer knowing he was right about the power plant . . Come on boys . Quit fighting and get to business .
History of F1 is full of drivers who could have won more titles 'if only' Alonso is one of them .And he sometimes vents his frustration in interviews but that makes him human,even Hamilton gets frustrated if a strategy decision goes awry,would you not think Honda decision more likely to be because of recent association with Toyota ie WEC and Dakar rally not exactly deadly rivals but they want to win when up against each other?
Good point, Jonathan, but engine mfg's, tire suppliers and car builders seldom pass the opportunity to team with good drivers unless there is something more in the background. I think that ALO burned some bridges, i.e. "go f..k yourselves ,you build lousy motors". He probably blames Honda for F1 AND his Indy DNF. Just a guess.
I agree with MANY that Alonso is and always has been a very overrated driver. All he has ever done is moan,moan,moan. Thinks he is a Prima Donna. Never liked the guy,
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