Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) has assured, after the qualifying session of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – the last race of the year in which the Asturian will start from seventh position – that he will remember the year 2023 for “arriving at Aston Martin”, for “the podiums” and for feeling “competitive” againand not because of the position he finally occupies in the general standings of the drivers’ World Championship.
“(The year) I’m going to close it beautifully. I’m going to think that I’m going to finish seventh in drivers, Norris and Leclerc are going to overtake me tomorrow, and if there is any improvement in that, fine. But it changes little, I am not going to remember 2023 because of the final position of the championship, but for arriving at Aston Martin, the podiums and feeling competitive. The final position is an anecdote. In constructors it is important, because there is money at stake for the team; There is no money in pilots,” said the man from Oviedo in statements to DAZN.
Alonso, 42 years old, Contract with Aston Martin ends at the end of the 2024 seasonbut Mike Krackhead of the British team, has already said that they want the Asturian to continue with them for longer: “Yes, we want to extend Fernando Alonso’s contract with Aston Martin beyond 2024.”
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“Obviously, it’s not a decision I’m going to make alone. With Lawrence Stroll y Martin Whitmarsh We talked about these things, but I can only say that at the level that Fernando is working at, I think that Your age is just a number. With the right discipline and motivation, you will perform without problems.”he added.
An offer to which Alonso himself is open. “If I’m slow, I’ll be the first to raise my hand and walk away. But I don’t think that will happen, honestly. I have extreme confidence in myself. Yes, it may be that with such a demanding schedule, one day you will feel that the time has come. There are more things in life. “It has been a very demanding season with 22 races and two cancellations, next year we will have to do with 24 races,” said the Guaje in the run-up to the Abu Dhabi GP.
2023-11-25 17:04:15
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