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Originally Posted by Pilgrimage
Putting aside the terrible events of last weekend Suzuka F1 race for a minute, anyone else wondering again if Alonso leaving Ferrari and waving a flag at the start of 2014 LM is anyway linked/ related?
I know we spoke of this before but surely the lack of announcement from Fernando gives more reason to suspect...?
If not and he does go to McLaren/ Honda, does that mean we could see Jenson joining Webber as past F1 drivers at Le Sarthe?
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Alonso waved the flag as a representative of Ferrari so part of the link to Le Mans this year has been severed. That said Ferrari seem to have stopped the posturing and will concentrate on F1. How that rumour went from being a 'done deal/announcement in days' according to some sources to absolutely nothing I'm not sure.
I did think Alonso was nailed on for McLaren but now I (and seemingly a lot of people) are starting to second guess that. I don't think anyone has any idea? Alonso might have suddenly gone from the most important mover in the driver market to a guy looking for scraps. Talk of a year out with 2016 being the more significant season.
As for Button. He's shown no desire to race outside of F1. As we've seen before, that might change if he does find himself without a drive. He doesn't need the money. It will purely be down to whether he has that desire to compete beyond F1. If I was a betting man I'd say we won't see him at La Sarthe.