Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso has joined Aston Martin on a multi-year starting from the 2023 Formula 1 season.

At 41, it looks set to be one of Alonso’s final F1 moves, but the multi-year deal acts as a sign of his commitment to keep racing. “I have known Lawrence and Lance for many years and it is very obvious that they have the ambition and passion to succeed in Formula 1. “No-one in Formula 1 today is demonstrating a greater vision and absolute commitment to winning, and that makes it a really exciting opportunity for me.

It comes just days after Vettel announced his retirement from F1 ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix. Alonso said: “This Aston Martin team is clearly applying the ...

Lawrence Stroll explained: “I have known and admired Fernando for many years and it has always been clear that he is a committed winner like me. Alonso had expressed an interest to continue in F1 but recently claimed he would not begin thinking about next season until the summer break. He added: “No one in Formula One today is demonstrating a greater vision and absolute commitment to winning, and that makes it a really exciting opportunity for me.

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Fernando hasn't been powered by Mercedes since he left McLaren the first time round under a bit of a cloud 15 years ago. "He's fit as a fiddle and he's into F1 as he ever was, his break refreshed him, and he's not running out of steam like Sebastian Vettel has. So the drivers Piastri was going to potentially replace can breathe a sigh of relief." And is that to suggest Alpine were never going to get there? That's why he chose to look elsewhere." Sky Sports F1's Ted Kravitz reacts to the totally out-of-the-blue announcement and what it means for all parties

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I intend to win again in this sport and therefore I have to take the opportunities that feel right to me.” We all appreciate that there is much to be done to get to the front, and that we must apply all our energies in working together to find performance. “I have known Lawrence and Lance [Stroll] for many years and it is very obvious that they have the ambition and passion to succeed in Formula 1.

Fernando Alonso has agreed a 'multi-year contract' to leave Alpine and replace Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin for the 2023 season.

I intend to win again in this sport and therefore I have to take the opportunities that feel right to me. “We all appreciate that there is much to be done to get to the front, and that we must apply all our energies in working together to find performance. “I have known [owner Lawrence Stroll] and [driver Lance Stroll] for many years and it is very obvious that they have the ambition and passion to succeed in Formula One. Asked about the acquisition of Alonso, Stroll made little effort to hide his excitement. The Canadian’s father, Lawrence, has invested heavily in Aston Martin as he looks to make them perennial contenders. Alonso returned to F1 with Alpine last season after a two-year absence from the sport.

Two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso will race for Aston Martin from 2023 after the 41-year-old Spaniard signed a multi-year contract, ...

I intend to win again in this sport and therefore I have to take the opportunities that feel right to me." "I still have the hunger and ambition to fight to be at the front, and I want to be part of an organisation that is committed to learn, develop and succeed," Alonso said in an Aston Martin statement. "The passion and desire to perform that I have witnessed convinced me to maintain my enjoyment and commitment to the sport.

The Aston Martin Formula 1 team announced that Fernando Alonso will be joining the squad in 2023 on a multi-year deal.

He exited the sport at the end of the 2018 season, returning with Alpine - formerly Renault - in 2021. At 41, Alonso has proven that he is still as fast - if not faster - than those almost 20 years his junior, which is partially why Aston Martin opted to sign him. In 2015, he rejoined McLaren, bringing about the most horrendous run of Alonso's career. Alonso's future has also been the focus of much speculation, with Alpine in a pressing situation over its 2023 driver line-up. Alonso has been known not to have always made the right decisions in his F1 career. The Aston Martin Formula 1 team announced that Fernando Alonso will be joining the squad in 2023 on a multi-year deal.

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Alonso, he indicated, could then be switched to the Alpine endurance effort. "The recruitment of a special talent such as Fernando is a clear statement of intent from an organisation that has committed to developing a winning Formula One team," Aston said. At Aston Martin he gets certainty, with a doubtless highly lucrative multi-year contract, and a last spin of the wheel with a team that will benefit from his experience and reputation as they build for the future.

FERNANDO ALONSO will link up with Aston Martin for the 2023 Formula 1 season.

Ralf - the brother of the great seven-time world champion - had insisted that instead his nephew Mick Schumacher should have been the man to make the Aston Martin move, following Sebastian Vettel’s departure. Whilst he did not get the move this time around, 23-year-old Schumacher refused to rule out his chances of one day joining the Aston Martin ranks. Michael Schumacher’s brother Ralf has had one of his Formula 1 wishes ruined, after Spanish stalwart Fernando Alonso signed for Aston Martin for the 2023 season.

Fernando Alonso's new deal with Aston Martin, where he will go for the 2023 season, includes interesting exit clauses and massive money.

Mick Schumacher and Nyck De Vries were never considered as replacements. Alonso will earn an estimated £17.8m (€20m) each season with Aston Martin. That figure is estimated to be €24m by Sportune.fr. And it contains an escape route after each season. AS also reports that Alpine were willing to give Alonso a two-year deal - this contradicts the widely debated theory that a major sticking point for the driver was that his team would only commit to one year. Sportune.fr, a French sports business outlet, report that Alpine wanted Alonso to accept a salary reduction and a one-year deal, to allow Oscar Piastri to replace him in 2024. That would allow both the driver and the team to reassess after each season.

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"I believed that to be the case. Alonso is in the final year of his current Alpine deal but was discussing an extension. "So yes, the first confirmation I had was the press release.

Oscar Piastri has been confirmed at Alpine for the 2023 Formula 1 season, where the Australian will debut as Fernando Alonso's replacement.

"So yes, the first confirmation I had was the press release. I was confident that, even with the discussions, and there's nothing wrong with exploring, that we were very close [to a new deal]. He's mellowed a little these days but there could easily be fireworks as he joins the Stroll family 'firm'. Extraordinary." "We offered a one-plus-one deal. "Oscar is a bright and rare talent," said Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer. "We are proud to have nurtured and supported him through the difficult pathways of the junior formulae.

Alpine have announced their highly-rated reserve driver Oscar Piastri has been promoted to a race seat next year, as the replacement for Aston Martin-bound ...

Team Principal Otmar Szafnauer said: “Oscar is a bright and rare talent. "As our Reserve Driver he has been exposed to the team at the track, factory and testing where he has shown the maturity, promise and speed to ensure his promotion to our second seat alongside Esteban. A statement from the team announcing the news said: "As part of his formative F1 journey, Oscar was first promoted to BWT Alpine F1 Team Reserve Driver at the start of the 2022 season and has since been undergoing, under the Team’s guidance and its full financial support, an intensive and comprehensive training programme of private tests in the race-winning A521, the 2021 Alpine F1 car, race support and simulator sessions to prepare him for the next big step into F1.

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Either way, the former world champion is here to stay and won’t be retiring from the sport anytime soon. Does that mean he’ll continue driving past 2026 when he will be 44? Effectively, the deal is a three-year one which will see Alonso and Aston Martin both reserve the chance to assess the relationship after each season, with his contract being described as a “one plus one plus one that can be extended.”

Oscar Piastri has been confirmed at Alpine for the 2023 Formula 1 season, where the Australian will debut as Fernando Alonso's replacement.

"So yes, the first confirmation I had was the press release. I was confident that, even with the discussions, and there's nothing wrong with exploring, that we were very close [to a new deal]. He's mellowed a little these days but there could easily be fireworks as he joins the Stroll family 'firm'. Extraordinary." "We offered a one-plus-one deal. "Oscar is a bright and rare talent," said Alpine boss Otmar Szafnauer. "We are proud to have nurtured and supported him through the difficult pathways of the junior formulae.

Otmar Szafnauer said he only heard about the departure of Fernando Alonso when his move to Aston Martin was officially announced.

But on the face of it, Alonso’s logic seems simple. “We offered a one plus one deal,” he confirmed. “So yes, the first confirmation I had was the press release.

Aston Martin wanted a pre-summer break decision from Sebastian Vettel as they were already in talks with Fernando Alonso, says AMuS.

“Alonso would surely have taken the longer-term Alpine deal were it offered. “Vettel’s retirement reconfigured the chess board. “But,” he said.

Conflicting reports emerge as Alpine claims the highly rated Aussie will take Alonso's place next season, though Piastri has denied it.

This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023. It looks like Alpine have gone ahead and locked down Piastri’s services under the terms of his existing agreement, but did he already have his heart set on partnering Lando Norris at McLaren? Did a clause in his contract allow him to do that? Through our collaboration over the past four years, we have seen him develop and mature into a driver who is more than capable of taking the step up to Formula 1.

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By all accounts Palou did have a contract with Ganassi, though one that fell below his current market value as a champion, and the team had tried to give him a better contract to keep him on and keep him happy. Over in North America’s Indycar series, the Chip Ganassi team announced that they had renewed their contract defending champion Alex Palou, only for Palou to post hours later that Ganassi had fabricated quotes from him and that he had not signed a new contract with the team and would be racing elsewhere next year. More seriously for the business of racing, this is the second time in a month that a driver has appeared to tear up an agreement right as a team tries to force their hand with a splashy public announcement. As a driver who came up through their development system, Alpine have been looking for ways to keep him tied to the team while expecting that they would be running Alonso and his teammate Esteban Ocon for the foreseeable future. He returned to F1 after just two years of retirement in 2021 to join Alpine, which was presented as a kind of homecoming, although the Renault team of his youth was a thing of the past and has been there for two years, at a team that is not terrible but also seems unable to close the distance between itself and the frontrunners. If you are more skeptical of the man, you could also say his run of bad luck seems improbable and that he might have a causal relationship to the fact that he has often arrived at teams just as they enter a period of steep decline.

Australia's Oscar Piastri will replace two-time Formula One world champion Fernando Alonso at Alpine next season, the team announced.

He will team up with Esteban Ocon next year after Alonso makes the switch to Aston Martin. “Oscar is a bright and rare talent. Oscar Piastri said he will not drive for Alpine in Formula One next year after the team announced he would replace Fernando Alonso. Photo: Twitter @AlpineF1Team

Fernando Alonso posted a thumbs-up video on Instagram at the same time Oscar Piastri announced he would not be driving for Alpine in 2023.

I will not be driving for Alpine next year.” Alpine duly confirmed on Tuesday evening that Piastri would be stepping up from his test and reserve driver role next year. A couple of hours later came a tweet from Piastri rubbishing the Alpine announcement, saying: “This is wrong and I have not signed a contract with Alpine for 2023.