Alonso makes his future more clear, in the short and long term

“I have a rope for a moment”He said Fernando Alonsopilot who lives for and to pilot, and believes he will never stop doing so. “I will always race because I want to compete and ride”, he said recently in an interview on ‘DAZN F1’. He will always race, he has repeated a thousand and one times that if it was up to him, he would drive every day. He showed it at the beginning of his vacations, with many kart rounds at his Circuit Museum in Oviedo. Or competing on free weekends for several years in some kart endurance racing. And as for the highest level of motorsport, Fernando, at 41, clearly has a long way to go. On the first day of summer break, he surprised everyone by announcing his signing for Aston Martin, a project “more ambitious than Alpine” and where he found “more signs of love and trust.” His next chapter in a pageant he doesn’t intend to leave “At least two or three years.” And then, you have a challenge beyond that defined: “The Dakar”.

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This was said a few days ago on ‘DAZN F1’. The Spaniard captivated the essence of the toughest race in the world in 2020, when he made his debut here in Saudi Arabia with Toyota after only 7 months of preparation. He went from never riding a Dakar car or driving in the sands, to taming a Hilux in the Saudi deserts, fighting for stage victories, with a speed that surprised everyone. His defection in the early stages of the marathon took him out of the top positions, but when he reached the finish line, he was bursting with joy just because he had reached the finish line. And he said, already at the end of the Dakar 2020, a strong phrase: “I will come back, but next time try to win.”

Today, he reiterated that, after his goals in F1, the Dakar challenge will be possible, a competition in which he has Carlos Sainz (60 years old) as an example that age is not more than a number. “I have a very clear example and inspiration of Carlos Sainz Sr., who is still at the foot of the canyon, who won the Dakar Rally”he said to ‘DAZN’.

“I know I still have my sanity for a while, but well, I hope to be in Formula 1 for two or three more years, which I think I’m 100%, and then, from then on, it’s a challenge not to I have never hidden try the Dakar again”, he pointed out, praising his desire to continue competing for a long time instead of taking a step towards team management. “From Team Principal? Right now I don’t see myself, but I can’t say I won’t because life goes around. When I stop running, going into another function will cost me, so I think I will dedicate myself to something else.”