Fernando Alonso spent the afternoon trackside at today's 6 Hours of Bahrain, an interested spectator at the final round of the World Endurance Championship. The McLaren driver is slowly but surely gearing up for an assault on next year's Le Mans 24 Hours, likely with Toyota, as he attempts to fulfil his ambitions of winning motorsport's Triple Crown which includes Monaco, the Indy 500 and Le Mans. Invited to Bahrain as a guest of the Bahrani Royal Family on Saturday, Alonso will take part in the WEC rookie test on Sunday, with Toyota. McLaren won't stand in the way of Alonso's Le Mans efforts “We are very excited that Fernando will test our car. When he visited us in Cologne everyone who...
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