In the round-up: Fernando Alonso admits he ‘cannot say yes or no’ to the question of whether he will race in the Indianapolis 500 again in the future
In brief
Alonso unsure if Indy 500 return will happen in future
Fernando Alonso had set himself the target of winning motorsport’s ‘Triple Crown’, including the Indy 500, but is now unsure whether he will return to the race.
The Alpine driver took part in the 2017 edition of the race with McLaren Andretti, leading multiple laps before retiring with engine failure. Despite expressing his desire to return to the race in future, Alonso admits he is fully committed to Formula 1 for now.
“Well, I will see, when the time arrives,” Alonso said. “Right now… my head obviously is totally focused on the race weekend and Formula 1 right now. And I see myself racing here for a few more years. After that, I don’t know.
“I cannot say yes, I cannot say no to the Indy 500. What is for sure is that now, it is not in my head because I’m fully focused here. So that probably was the answer.”
Drugovich and Maloney lose reverse-grid poles through penalties
Felipe Drugovich and Zane Maloney have lost their patrial-reverse-grid poles for Formula 2 and Formula 3’s sprint races respectively this weekend after receiving penalties.
Drugovich was hit by a three place grid drop for impeding Theo Pourchaire in F2 qualifying, dropping him to fourth on the grid for Saturday’s sprint race and promoting Calan Williams to pole. In Formula 3, Maloney was disqualified from qualifying after failing to stop at the weighbridge when called. He will have to start from the pit lane for both the sprint race on Saturday and the feature race on Sunday.
Chadwick takes ninth career W Series pole in Barcelona
Jamie Chadwick took pole position for the W Series race in Barcelona, despite initially looking slightly off the pace.
Jessica Hawkins and Alice Powell were quickly at the top of the times in qualifying, exchanging the best lap in the early…