Loeb on the option to share a team with Alonso in the Dakar Rally: "It's a possibility"
The multiple world rally champion, now focused on raids, has yet to confirm his plans for the upcoming Dakar edition. The Frenchman admits that sharing a team with Fernando Alonso is not off the table.
In recent weeks, the option for Fernando Alonso to participate in the upcoming Dakar Rally has lost momentum due to the frenzy of Formula 1 and the ongoing problems Aston Martin is having with Honda, but it remains a possibility.
It is true that the Spanish driver has publicly insisted on several occasions that balancing Formula 1 with the Dakar Rally is probably too demanding. Moreover, Alonso has always been very methodical when preparing for any competition, and this move would be made with hardly any tests. Like the one he recently did in Morocco with the Prodrive Dacia Sandrider.
However, many insiders insist that Prodrive has reached an agreement with Aston Martin to turn the last champion car into an inspiration from the Dreadnought and that one of its drivers will be Fernando Alonso.
A lot of uncertainty and few certainties
The Dakar Rally 2027 was supposed to be held in Saudi Arabia, as in the last editions. However, the war between Iran and the United States and its consequences in various parts of the Middle East have forced organizers to move it to Portugal and Morocco.
What is not clear at all is which teams several of the heavyweights in the raid world will compete for. Specifically, those who have been part of the Dacia team this last season. The contract of the Romanian brand belonging to the Renault Group with Prodrive expires this month of November, so it will be starting now when we find out where their official drivers end up.
Nasser Al-Attiyah will probably join Ford alongside Carlos Sainz and Nani Roma, while Sébastien Loeb looks set to continue with Prodrive... alongside Fernando Alonso. Something he himself has even recognized as a possibility during his presence in Asturias to pay tribute to the aforementioned Sainz.
"Perhaps this week we will know more. Another new friend from Spain. First Carlos Sainz, then Dani Sordo, and now Fernando Alonso. It's a possibility," Loeb said when asked about this matter.
The Frenchman also acknowledged that he has not had much interaction with Fernando Alonso until now: "A little. Not much. We have crossed paths a few times, but not much until now." Everything indicates that this will change from now on and that we will soon have news regarding this.
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Fuente: As.com