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Alonso wouldn't rank WEC title alongside F1 championships
- Jake Williams-Smith
Fernando Alonso says he would not rank the World Endurance Championship crown as highly as he does his 2005 and 2006 world championship titles in Formula 1.
Alonso will end his time with the Toyota Gazoo Racing team after this year's Le Mans 24 hours race but since joining Toyota, it has been the only team realistically capable of winning a championship in the LMP1 class.
The two-time Formula 1 world champion admitted that should he and Toyota teammates Sebastien Buemi and Kazuki Nakajima take the WEC LMP1 title, he wouldn't rank it alongside his F1 championships.
“No, I don’t think so," he is quoted by Crash.net when asked whether the achievement would stack up equally with his past successes.
“I think Formula 1 is the biggest category in motorsport. That’s the way it is. Also it depends on the difficulty of the championship, how you rank all of the things.
“This year, we have a very dominant car. I’m sure [Lewis] Hamilton doesn’t rank the championships the same in 2008 or the last four championships. I think it’s different.”
The Spaniard will be hoping to complete motorsport's Triple Crown this year by winning the Indy 500 to become just the second man in history to complete the feat after Graham Hill.