Stefano Domenicali has accepted an offer to work for the German manufacturer Audi.<\/p>\n
Earlier this week, we reported that the former Ferrari team boss could be moving to the Ingolstadt-based marque to replace Le Mans team chief Wolfgang Ullrich.<\/p>\n
It appears that was wide of the mark.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said Italian Domenicali, 49, will instead start in a non motor racing role on 1 November.<\/p>\n
But the news, reportedly confirmed by Audi, will almost certainly trigger a new round of speculation about Alonso’s future.<\/p>\n
Prior to his ousting by Ferrari, Domenicali was known to be close to Fernando Alonso, who according to Luca di Montezemolo is also leaving the Maranello team.<\/p>\n
Alonso’s next stop is not known, but when he visited the fabled 24 hour Le Mans race in June, he stopped by the Audi garage.<\/p>\n
“It’s a very attractive category for sure,” said Alonso before officially starting the 2014 edition in June.\u00a0 “Definitely I will race here (one day).”<\/p>\n
Whilst clearly negotiating with McLaren-Honda about 2015, Alonso has obviously also coveted a seat at the dominant F1 team, Mercedes.<\/p>\n
Team bosses have consistently ruled that out.<\/p>\n
Indeed, Mercedes chief Toto Wolff told Austria’s Sportwoche this week: “Maybe he (Alonso) will leave formula one, take a break.<\/p>\n
“This year he went to see his friend Mark Webber at Le Mans — it is obviously a race that fascinates him.”<\/p>\n
\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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