A STUDY IN ADAPTATION 2026
03 / NEW RULES
Keep learning.
DAYTONA / INDIANAPOLIS / DAKARA different machine is only the beginning. The procedures, reference points and people change too.
2019 / ROLEX 24 AT DAYTONA
Overall winners / Cadillac DPi-V.R #10
Wayne Taylor Racing won the rain-shortened 2019 Rolex 24 at Daytona. The four-driver crew was Fernando Alonso, Jordan Taylor, Renger van der Zande and Kamui Kobayashi.
The race was stopped definitively in the rain. Preparation had begun before the first lap, with the car’s documentation and the team’s procedures.
2017 / INDIANAPOLIS 500
On his Indianapolis 500 debut in 2017, Alonso qualified fifth and led 27 laps. An engine problem ended his run; he was classified 24th and received the race’s Rookie of the Year award.
This is an exploration of the oval, not an Indianapolis victory or a completed Triple Crown.
2020 / DAKAR RALLY
P13 overall / Toyota Hilux #310
Alonso finished his Dakar debut in 2020 in 13th place overall, with navigator Marc Coma. The crew finished second on stage 8.
An unfamiliar discipline, a navigator’s expertise and a dated result. No Dakar win is claimed.
Changing the field does not guarantee the result.
It changes what must be learned.
