Formula 1 | McLaren, Brown: “Alonso? I don't rule out his return after 2019."

After numerous extremely complicated seasons, including 2018, McLaren will start from scratch next year. The profound restructuring of the technical organization chart was followed up in the choice of the 2019 driver line-up: out with Alonso and Vandoorne, in with Sainz and Norris. In short, a revolution necessary to give a breath of fresh air to the environment: “We have changed both our drivers and I am very excited” – he declared to the British broadcaster Channel 4 the managing director Zak Brown. “Carlos Sainz is young and experienced at the same time, then there's Lando Norris who we've kept under observation for a few years. He's young, I'm sure he'll make some rookie mistakes here and there, but we have a lot of confidence in our future line-up.".

Right up Norris, the American manager added: “Lando has been exceptional in everything he has done since his first year, winning the world karting championship. Some of these drivers blossom late, others blossom early, so we have to be very careful to manage our expectations of Lando. He is fast, a great driver, but in Formula 1 there are many difficult talents. We are confident, otherwise we wouldn't have put him in the car. But we just have to be patient and recognize that these things take a little time.".

Brown finally returned to the farewells of Alonso e Vandoorne: “Fernando is an incredible talent. It will be a shame not to see him in Formula 1 in 2019, but I wouldn't rule out his return in the future. He's definitely not done running. I hope Stoffel finds a Formula 1 car, if he deserves it. We had two complicated years with our car, which made things difficult.".