Fernando Alonso admits he won't be taking much interest in this weekend's Australian Grand Prix as he races in the WEC.
This weekend sees Formula 1 start a new season without the Spaniard for the first time since 2002, having given up his seat at McLaren at the end of last year.
And even though he will be participating the British team's F1 operation, offering guidance on car development and other areas, he concedes there is little interest to watch the action from afar.
“I will not watch the race, I don’t know if it will be interesting and in any case, I don’t care so much," he told Spain's Diario Sport.
“Logically yes, of course, like any fan I have a normal curiosity to see how it goes and discover what is the real order of the teams.
“But the centre of the racing world for me this weekend is at Sebring, where there will be more than 200,000 fans. I am definitely where I want to be.”
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Alonso had previously suggested he would return to F1 in the coming years if the opportunity arose to challenge for a third world title.
However, he also listed a number of complaints he has with the current state of the sport and claimed F1 wasn't his priority.
“I don’t race there because I have much bigger challenges than F1 can offer me today,” he explained.
“They have problems with the promoters of the races, with the television rights, with the teams. Right now in my career, I have much bigger goals than F1.”
