The former double F1 world champion will step away from McLaren's F1 team and Formula 1 at the end of this season, but beyond completing the 2018-19 World Endurance Championship super-season with Toyota, he had nothing else firmed up for next year.
However on Saturday, McLaren announced it will once again make a one-off entry at Indianapolis with Alonso, as it did in 2017 when he led parts of the race before retiring in the closing stages.
Alonso's 2017 Indy attempt was run in conjunction with IndyCar team Andretti Autosport using Honda engines, but McLaren has not released details yet of its 2019 plans, beyond saying the entry will be under 'McLaren Racing'.
If Alonso wins Indy 500 next season, he will achieve motorsport's 'Triple Crown': victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, Indianapolis 500 and Le Mans 24 Hours (only Graham Hill has only achieve this in history).
In my opinion, no surprises that Fernando Alonso or McLaren themselves will competing in the Indy 500 next season after the news of quitting F1 at the end of this season.
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