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'F1 is finished' - Alonso

Fernando Alonso is sure that Formula One has no relevant future after Friday's news of eight current teams pulling out of the sport at the end of this season. The Spaniard, former double World Champion, shared his opinion in the Silverstone paddock on Friday, which includes a hope to continue discussions between teams and governing body the FIA.

Alonso discusses Friday's annoucement with the media at Silverstone

With all teams apart from Williams and Force India - which have already submitted full, unconditional entries to the FIA - looking to leave the sport at the end of the year, Renault's Alonso feels that any future the 'current' F1 has is likely to become an insignificant one.

"Formula One is finished," Alonso, Champion of 2005 and 2006, said plainly to the BBC. "It will be a standard engine, small teams and no drivers - that is not what the Formula One people (fans) want; the new series will be the new Formula One - I hope they find a solution, but these are difficult times. It is a critical position for Formula One."

Despite his negatively towards the future of the sport which brought himself and many fellow drivers to stardom, he went on to admit that racing in a new series would feel a different kettle of fish: "If we do not race in Formula One next year, it changes many things. It wouldn't be the same - we know we'll race, but it would be different."

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