Alonso does not clarify his future: “I will know in some races” – La Provincia

Fernando Alonso has been one of the protagonists in the press conference prior to the Bahrain Grand Prix. The two-time Asturian champion has assessed the expectations of Aston Martin and his AMR24 after the three days of preseason and has laughed out loud questions about his future and a possible interest from Mercedes in acquiring his services.

“Mercedes? First I have to decide if I want to continue competing or not in the Formula 1“, Alonso said with a telltale smile. The Spaniard ends his contract with Aston Martin at the end of this season and has not yet started negotiations to renew. “I will have to decide if I am going to continue in F1 in a few weeks. I feel great right now, but it is a demanding calendar and in 2026 there will be new regulations that will be challenging or maybe not. We will see. “I’ll take a few races to decide,” he said.

For now he prefers to focus on the World Championship that starts this Thursday with the first two free practice sessions of the Bahrain GP. Given what was seen in the tests, everything indicates that Red Bull and its three-time champion Max Verstappen They are going to be the big favorites once again. In fact, Alonso used irony again when he was asked if he had the tools to beat the Dutchman and gave him a new nickname: “I still don’t have the tools and Max is the collector.”

Regarding the features of the AMR24, Alonso has been cautious: “Let’s wait for a couple of races. Bahrain is a circuit with very particular characteristics, so we will have to wait for Australia or even Japan. Perhaps until then we will not be able to have a clear idea of ​​the order and performance of the teams. I think the car has taken a step forward, which is the first objective of the preseason, but I don’t know if it will be enough. We have to wait”.

“Everything is working as expected. Last year we started with a good base and we were surprised by how well it was going at the beginning. It will be interesting if we can maintain the pace of developments compared to the top teams., because we do not reach those expectations in 2023. We need several races to establish the competitive order of the cars. We do a lot of testing here, we know the track a lot and that can cause confusion. “I wouldn’t pay much attention to the results in this first race,” concluded the Asturian, who at 42 years old is about to start his 21st season in the World Championship.

2024-02-28 16:51:06
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