Fernando Alonso has reiterated that the level of predictability in today's Formula 1 has made it no longer the sport it once was.
Next weekend's season finale in Abu Dhabi will see the Spaniard bring to a close a 17-year career that began with Minardi back in 2001 and will end with two world titles and 36 wins to his name.
As a failed return to McLaren in 2015 has gone on, Alonso's focus has been elsewhere competing in the Indianapolis 500 last year before adding the WEC with Toyota to his schedule this year.
And it is that lack of interest in today's F1 that he once again spoke of as he competes this weekend at the Shanghai 6 Hours.
“What happens now is not the Formula 1 that made me want to be a racing driver,” Alonso told Speed Week.
“I quit F1 because I think we’re a weak show. We talk more about what happens next to the track. We talk about polemics and radio messages.
“I could write down the first 15 positions for the result of the next race, perhaps with a few changes of places. I find it hard to accept how predictable it has become.
"I suppose I find more pleasure in other racing series.”
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Fernando will continue with the second year of WEC's 'super-season' in 2019 as well as a return to Indianapolis to seek the 500 which stands between him and motorsport's 'Triple Crown'.
Earlier this week, he also promised more events would be added as he looks at life after F1.
