Alonso details 'tough as expected' schedule

Alonso details 'tough as expected' schedule

Martin Macdonald

Saturday 14 July 2018 16:43

Fernando Alonso is the busiest man in motorsport at the moment as he splits his time between his commitments with McLaren in Formula One with his pursuit of the motorsport triple crown, which means featuring in the Le Mans 24 Hours for Toyota also.

Over the past seven weeks, starting at the Monaco Grand Prix and finishing at the British Grand Prix last weekend, Alonso has been pulling double-duty, but he insists the gruelling schedule was not less tough that he expected.

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"It was demanding. It was not easy, as we expected," Alonso confessed.

"It was Wednesday to Sunday travelling, unpacking on Monday, packing on Tuesday. It was like this for seven consecutive weeks."

Alonso claims that the toughest part of the busy period was his time at Le Mans, in which he reckons he spent in excess of 40 hours on the track practicing, preparing, and driving.

"Especially the Le Mans week was intense, with the test, the drivers parade and then the 24 hours. It’s like 40 hours in total on track with the warm up.

"It was demanding, but we'll try to enjoy now the next ten days, going back to a training routine and get a little bit more relaxed," the two-time Formula One champion continued.

"I think the next time will be September, October, November where I have the same thing with eight races in nine weekends in different timezones. It was tough but it was well prepared."