{"id":299158,"date":"2023-12-03T17:55:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/?p=299158"},"modified":"2023-12-03T17:55:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-03T17:55:01","slug":"verstappen-holds-talks-with-alonso-and-discusses-plan-to-become-team-mates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports-life-news.com\/racing\/f1\/verstappen-holds-talks-with-alonso-and-discusses-plan-to-become-team-mates\/","title":{"rendered":"Verstappen holds talks with Alonso and discusses plan to become team-mates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max Verstappen wins third consecutive Formula One world championship<\/h3>\n

Max Verstappen has revealed that he recently held talks with Fernando Alonso about teaming up together for the upcoming\u00a024hrs of LeMans race. The\u00a0FIA World Endurance Championship event runs from June 15-June 16 next year – a week before the Spanish Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

Many F1 drivers have expressed their interest in taking part in the event although no one has officially signed up yet. Carlos Sainz Jr said earlier this year that he and his Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc are considering entering together.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was an incredible feat by the team. We are all very proud of what we achieved [winning the 24 hours of Le Mans],” he said in June.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cWe were talking about it, actually, whether we could race together in Le Mans \u2013 with Charles.\u00a0I would do it. It\u2019s just the calendar of F1 nowadays doesn\u2019t allow much flexibility.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But Verstappen didn’t name his Red Bull colleague Sergio Perez when listing off potential team-mates. The Dutchman is instead talking to Aston Martin’s Alonso about potentially joining his three-man team.<\/p>\n

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Speaking at the 2023 Honda Racing Thanks Day event, Verstappen revealed that he’s discussed entering LeMans with his rival: “Le Mans, I would definitely like to do. I\u2019ve been there already, when my dad used to race in Le Mans.<\/p>\n

“The atmosphere is amazing in endurance \u2013 so many people, driving through the night, sunrise\u2026 I think it\u2019s really cool… I\u2019ve been speaking to Fernando about it. He\u2019s said he would only want to do it again with me. So I said it would be really cool.<\/p>\n

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