Fernando Alonso's Indy 500 debut could be the start of McLaren returning to the iconic event with regularity and even possibly a "full-works" IndyCar operation, according to major shareholder Mansour Ojjeh.
Double world champion Alonso will miss this year's Monaco GP to compete at the Brickyard in a McLaren entry powered by Andretti Autosport and Honda. McLaren won the event three times in the 1970s -- with Mark Donahue running a Penske-built chassis in 1972, before Johnny Rutherford's wins in 1974 and 1976 -- but has not returned since the end of that decade.
Ojjeh is open to the idea of McLaren returning Stateside in a non-F1 capacity with regularity after Alonso's Indy 500 debut.