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WEC experience will make Alonso greater team player – Symonds

Fernando Alonso will return to Formula 1 ‘a greater team player' thanks to his experience in the World Endurance Championship according to former Renault Executive Director of Engineering, Pat Symonds. Symonds worked extensively with Alonso during the early part of his career in Formula 1 as a test driver for Renault and into their championship winning years in 2005 and 2006. Alonso drove for the Toyota LMP1 team in the 2018-2019 WEC Superseason, sharing the No.8 car with former F1 drivers Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima. He went on to win the Le Mans 24hrs twice and claimed another three WEC victories, including the 1000 miles of Sebring, and also went on to...
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