Fernando Alonso is reportedly considering a return to the World Endurance Championship in 2027 with Aston Martin, opening up a new possibility for his racing future if he decides to bring his Formula 1 career to an end after the current season.
Reports from the Netherlands suggest the 45-year-old could leave Formula 1 permanently while continuing to compete at the highest level of motorsport. Endurance racing would remain an important part of his career, this time with the same Aston Martin brand he currently represents in Formula 1.
Fernando Alonso could leave F1 for Aston Martin’s WEC programme
The long and legendary Formula 1 career of Fernando Alonso could soon take another direction outside Grand Prix racing. The Spaniard is reportedly giving serious consideration to retiring from Formula 1 at the end of the season and returning to the FIA World Endurance Championship.
For several months, the two-time Formula 1 world champion has kept the paddock and his many supporters guessing over whether he will extend his career into 2027. However, according to Dutch publication GPBlog, Alonso is now also considering joining Aston Martin’s Hypercar programme in the WEC.
No final decision has been announced, meaning a WEC move remains one of the possibilities under consideration rather than a confirmed programme for 2027.
The option would allow Alonso to remain closely connected to Aston Martin while moving away from Formula 1, where the current campaign has proved exceptionally difficult for both driver and team.
Alonso already knows how to win in the WEC
Endurance racing would hardly represent unfamiliar territory for the Spaniard. Alonso previously enjoyed major success in the championship with Toyota, winning the World Endurance Championship and twice taking victory at the prestigious 24 Hours of Le Mans.
A return with Aston Martin would therefore reunite one of the most experienced drivers in modern motorsport with a discipline in which he has already achieved some of the biggest results of his career.
It would also offer Alonso a very different competitive challenge at a time when his Formula 1 season has become increasingly frustrating.
A difficult 2026 F1 season could influence Alonso’s decision
After 14 Grands Prix, Alonso has collected only three points from two points-scoring finishes and sits near the bottom of the 2026 Formula 1 drivers’ standings. He has also recorded five retirements during a campaign marked by persistent difficulties with the AMR26.
The Aston Martin designed under the team’s new technical structure has struggled to provide Alonso with the level of competitiveness expected before the beginning of the season. Even as the Silverstone team works towards a stronger future, the immediate results have left the two-time champion fighting much further down the order than he would like.
Honda’s power unit difficulties have added another complication to Aston Martin’s first season as a works operation, with the manufacturer still working to close its performance deficit. The scale of that challenge has already prompted wider discussion about Honda’s planned development push at Sakura ahead of the next phase of the project.
Alonso has already sampled Aston Martin’s Valkyrie
Alonso has already had an opportunity to experience Aston Martin’s endurance machinery. During a test at Paul Ricard in April, he drove the Valkyrie LM, giving him a taste of the type of prototype-based performance associated with Aston Martin’s endurance programme.
The outing inevitably attracted attention because of Alonso’s successful history at Le Mans and in the WEC, although at the time it was not presented as confirmation of a future racing programme.
If the latest possibility develops into a genuine agreement, Alonso could therefore exchange Formula 1 for endurance racing without ending his relationship with Aston Martin or stepping away from professional competition entirely.
Alonso’s 2027 decision remains open
For now, the key decision remains whether Alonso wants another season in Formula 1. His future has been the subject of repeated speculation throughout 2026, with Aston Martin’s competitiveness and the development prospects of the wider project likely to form part of his considerations.
A WEC return would offer a proven alternative. Alonso already knows how to win the championship, knows the demands of Le Mans and remains closely associated with Aston Martin, which is building its own Hypercar programme around the Valkyrie.
The possibility of seeing Fernando Alonso back in endurance racing in 2027 is therefore becoming a credible new scenario. Whether it replaces another Formula 1 season remains undecided, but leaving Grand Prix racing would not necessarily mean the end of Alonso’s remarkable career behind the wheel.
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