A marriage of interests between Alonso and Aston Martin

The 41-year-old Spaniard was looking to sustain his future in F1 beyond 2023 while the British team, following the departure of Sebastian Vettel at the end of the season, needed a world champion to reaffirm its ambitions and its prestige. The alliance was inevitable.

Published on 02/08/2022 à 09:00

Jean-Michel Desnoues

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A marriage of interests between Alonso and Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso and Lawrence Stroll now united © Batchelor / XPB Images

Fernando Alonso couldn't stay! The choice to makeEsteban Ocon the spearhead of the offensive Alpine for the years to come, that of offering him a contract of only one year with an option for a second, but in favor of the team, and that of not wanting to respond to his financial claims will have ended up convincing the proud hidalgo that it was time to review his plans for the rest – and end – of his career in Formula 1. The last two or three seasons he wanted to getAlpine to try to take advantage of his

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