Has Alonso set his sights on the wrong Triple Crown?

When Fernando Alonso announced his intention to go after winning the Racing Triple Crown, he raised a few eyebrows. Will he be able to win the Racing Triple Crown before his time is up? Or has Alonso set his sights on the wrong Triple Crown?

The Racing Triple Crown is known as, almost, the holy grail of motor racing. The combination of the Monaco Grand Prix, Indy 500 and Le Mans wins has only been achieved once before, by racing legend Graham Hill. Alonso has won at Monaco twice, in 2006 (Renault) and 2007 (McLaren) and won at Le Mans in 2018 with Toyota. He also attempted the Indy 500 in 2017 and showed that he had the pace to win, having led 27 laps of the race. However his engine lost power with 20 laps to go and he was out. Alonso will try again in 2019 with McLaren, so we’ll see if he can pull off the win.

At the same time, Alonso is nearing the completion of the Endurance Racing Triple Crown as well. With the win at the Rolex 24 hrs of Daytona this month he is within one win of this triple crown. The Endurance Racing Triple Crown is made up of the 24 hrs of Daytona, 24 hrs of Le Mans and the 12 hrs of Sebring. Alonso has won the 24 hrs of Daytona (2019) with Wayne Taylor Racing and the 24 hrs of Le Mans (2018) with Toyota. Both of those teams are dominant in their respective series, so don’t be surprised if Alonso wins at Sebring in 2019 as well.

Will Alonso make history and win both Triple Crown’s? Is 2019 the year he will accomplish it? Only time will tell.

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