Indy 500: Jean Alesi will not try the experience again

After a first test this year, the former French Formula 1 driver announces that he will not participate in the legendary Indianapolis race next year. At 48, the Avignon resident is retiring from sports.

Published on 19/12/2012 à 11:40

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Indy 500: Jean Alesi will not try the experience again

We will no longer see Jean Alesi flirting with the walls of Indianapolis, at nearly 400 km/h. In the newspaper L?Equipe dated Tuesday, December 18, the former pilot of Formula 1, retired since 2001, announces that he is definitively ending his sporting career.

“I?ll stop. I don't feel like going back to hunting for sponsors. » The Avignonnais, who made his debut this year on the legendary Indianapolis ring, was forced to retire after only ten laps completed. The fault lies with a Lotus that performs too poorly. But the man with 202 Grand Prix wins in F1, including a victory in Canada in 1995, hoped at the time to come back stronger in 2013. He has visibly changed his mind.