Fernando Alonso's deal to race for Wayne Taylor Racing in this year's Rolex 24 at Daytona was agreed "very quickly" once the two-time Formula 🌼1 world champion knew he was available for the endurance race.

Alonso will enter the Rolex 24 for the second time this weekend, linking up 🥃with front-running team Wayne Tay𒁃lor Racing for his first race since quitting F1 at the ℱend of last year. He will race alongside Kamui Kobayashiꦚ, Renger van der Zande and Jordan Taylor in the #10 Konica Minolta Cadillac.

The Spaniard made his debut in the Rolex🌄 24 last year with United Autosports, the team co-owned by McLaren F1 boss Zak Brown, a🎐nd quickly piqued the interest of Wayne Taylor for his eponymou💝s team.

"Last year at the 24-hour, Zak Brown introduced me to 🦄Fernando and, a couple of weeks later, I inquired if he was available for this year," said Taylor.

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"Over the next several months, it looked like a possibility, and then it went away. In the meantime🍎, we continued our search for a third driver and we went looking through the entire WEC and all forms of sports car racing for a driver who was not only fastest over one lap but over long periods of time, and clearly the person who came to the top of that list was Kamui Kobayashi.

"I called him one night and it turned out to be 3 in the mor💛ning where he was, and he quickly called me back and said he wanted to drive for us. So we finished that deal pretty quickly.

"Then, sometime later, through McLaren and Zak, all of a sudden I got a text asking if there’s still a seat for Fernando. I said, ‘ꦯI’ll make one available.’ Very quickly, again, we made a deal and here we are.

"Of course, we have my son Jordan, who’s now won two championships with us, and his teammatꦉe Renger from last year, with whom we won the Petit Le Mans to finish last year, and we’re ready to get back to our winniꦏng ways at Daytona."

Wayne Taylor Racing last won the Rolex 24 𒅌in 2017, and is set to fight up against Action Express Racing and Penske for top honours at Daytona once again this weekend.