UFernando Alonso izoqhudelana kule mpelasonto emcimbini omusha we-WEC, umqhudelwano womhlaba we-endurance uzoba namahora angu-6 e-Spa kulo Mgqibelo bese kuthi amahora angu-24 e-Le Mans afike. izoqeda isizini ye-WEC ka-2018-2019. U-Fernando Alonso usethubeni lokuwina umqhudelwano womhlaba we-endurance kulo nyaka, futhi mhlawumbe awine amahora angu-24 e-Le Mans futhi uma konke kuhamba kahle, futhi ngalokho uzovalelisa ku-WEC ekupheleni kwalo mqhudelwano womhlaba. Bekubonakala sengathi angase asayine ukuvuselela inkontileka yakhe, kodwa sekuqinisekisiwe ukuthi akakayisayini.
Bekuvele kuzwakale ukuthi kwaToyota basayine umshayeli ozovala isikhala sikaFernando Alonso, kodwa akukho okusemthethweni. Manje siyazi ngokusemthethweni, futhi ozongena esikhundleni sakhe kuzoba umshayeli weToro Rosso wangaphambili emkhankasweni wokugcina we-F1, Umdlali waseNew Zealand uBrendon Hartley. Ngakho uFernando Alonso uzoshiya isihlalo sakhe kuToyota TS050 Hybrid kulo mshayeli futhi uzovalelisa kulo mncintiswano ukuze abeke izinselelo ezintsha neToyota.
Konke kubonakala kubonisa ukuthi izoqhudelana kwezinye izigaba ezandleni zomkhiqizi waseJapane. AbakwaToyota bangamnika imoto ekahle kwezinye izigaba, kanti omunye wabo kungenzeka kube yi-rally yaseDakar. Sesiyazi ukuthi wayihlola imoto futhi wenza kahle kakhulu okokuqala. Kodwa konke kungamahlebezi, okwamanje kumele ihambisane ne-WEC yokuthi izihola phambili ngamaphuzu angu-135, angu-15 ngaphezu kweyesibili, enye iToyota. Kufanele ugxile kulokho kanye U-Indy 500 no-McLaren ezoqala kule nyanga. Uma engathola i-Indy, ngabe usephethe uMqhele Kathathu ezandleni zakhe. Yinto kuphela engekho.
UFernando Alonso uthe mayelana nalokhu ukuthi "Es isikhathi esihle sokubheka izinselelo ezintsha ngeToyota. Ngike ngajabulela iToyota e-WEC, kodwa lesi sahluko sesiphelile.» Kulokhu kungatholakala ukuthi usazoqhubeka nokumataniswa noToyota ngalezi zinselelo ezintsha, kwazi bani ukuthi sizombona yini kulo mbuthano nakweminye imicimbi eyinganekwane... Nokho kwaToyota bakhombise ukuphatheka kabi ukuvalelisa kwabaseSpain njengoba kwenzeka ku-Hisitake Murata, umongameli weToyota Gazoo Racing, naye owabongela ukusebenzisana.