Fernando Alonso’s future options for 2023

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Fernando Alonso He reiterated on several occasions that his intention was to proceedin Formula 1 for two or three years, “in Alpine or wherever”. Y Alpine expressed his situation to MD: they should study whether to proceed Fernando Alonso if they find a place for him as lent to his young talent Oscar Piastri, or climb on piastri of the Oviedo man so as not to lose the Australian. From there, Fernando made sure he would study the options he had on the table in the summer.

“The future … We’ll see after the summer, which I thought since preseason, as I already said, that in the summer I’ll think about what the best option is. Logically, the new rules always put a different order between teams and we need to see what opportunities there are between teams that have a chance to win in the coming years. So that will be the priority when I plan to talk to the other team “, he pointed out before the appointment in Barcelona. And days later, Fernando Alonso put himself out the window and threw the hook at the big teams that wanted him .

“Yeah, sure,” he replied when asked if he would be willing to go to one of the top teams on the grid by accepting the number two role. But are there gaps in large ranges? What options does Oviedo have? We examine the current Formula 1 grid, per group, to examine the spaces where it can aim Fernando Alonso.

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ferrari

no place

Ferrari already has two current and future drivers with contracts valid until 2024: Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz. Ferrari is not an option

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red bull

no room

Alonso also may not be an option for Red Bull because this week the energy drinks team announced the renewal until 2024 of ‘Checo’ Pérez. Verstappen is the sole leader of the team, with a contract until 2028.

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Mercedes

Hamilton’s suspicion

In large teams, Fernando Alonso may only have an option at Mercedes if Lewis Hamilton finally decides not to renew. However, despite Lewis’s 37 years, it seems the Briton doesn’t want to say goodbye to Formula 1 without the possibility of fighting for his eighth title and after a complicated course for Mercedes. If so, it doesn’t seem easy for Mercedes who wants to try Russell on a teammate like Fernando. George is their great star and will be the leader and Mercedes ’goal is to take care of him like they did in Hamilton.

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Alpine

The key is in Piastri

Alpine CEO Laurent Rossi has already admitted to the MD that they are in a “difficult situation”, although “one that every team wants to have”. They must decide between promoting their future talent, Oscar Piastri (21 years old), or staying with Fernando Alonso with Esteban Ocon who has a contract until 2024.
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The situation is as follows: The big goal of the Alpine academy is to bring a driver into F1. Oscar Piastri is a ‘made in Alpine’ driver and his promotion in F1 will mean achieving an important business goal. In addition, he is one of the great talents of the future of F1, champion of meat. Alpine doesn’t want to let him go and she knows if she can’t find a seat next year, she’ll lose him.

Piastri won the Formula Renault Eurocup in 2019 in his debut, he won F3 in 2020 in his first year and F2 in 2021 in his ‘rookie’ course. But after that, not to be repeated again by regulation in Formula 2, he no longer had a seat and was not driving, the worst situation for a young man. You need a flyer. Alpine will study if it can lend him to another team to present a renewal proposal to Alonso, but this is only one of the options they should study. The priority for Alpine seems to be Piastri and Alonso’s future depends on whether they can borrow him or not. Otherwise, the feeling is that Piastri will replace Fernando at Alpine for 2023.

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McLaren

What will happen to Ricciardo?

McLaren seems to be a priori one of the options that may seem more appealing to Fernando Alonso. McLaren has a clear leader: Lando Norris. It is his commitment to the present and future and that will not change. And by his side, Daniel Ricciardo is not meeting expectations and in Woking they are not happy with the Australian’s performance, which will be the fifth highest wage on the grid. The Asturian driver has had a good relationship with Zak Brown since his last stint on the English team and the American has always believed in Fernando, taking him to races as mythical as the Indianapolis 500 and the 24 Hours of Daytona. And another important point. Norris learned from Alonso when he was a McLaren reserve driver in 2018 and got along well with Oviedo.

In addition, McLaren is a project that offers opportunities to Alonso, such as the Indianapolis 500 or perhaps the WEC, a competition where McLaren doubts whether to enter or not. But beware, because McLaren could bet on one of its IndyCar talents, Duck O’Ward, or look for the signing of an American star of the future like Colton Herta. Pierre Gasly, who with Pérez’s renewal until 2024 has seen the doors close to Red Bull, could be another candidate for this midfielder.

Sebastian Vettel

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Aston-Martin

Alonso for Vettel

That billionaire Lawrence Stroll is interested in having Fernando Alonso on his team is no longer new. The question is whether Aston Martin is an attractive enough project for Fernando Alonso, who aims to once again fight for victories in the coming years. Aston Martin has the money, that’s indisputable, but it hasn’t brought him any closer to successes in recent years. Of course, Stroll has signed many Red Bull aerodynamics engineers and wants to put together a winning project in a few years. But the reality is that with a regulatory change like in 2022, Aston Martin has started to stray too far from its aspirations. Vettel may stop driving at the end of this course and decide to retire. Alonso might have an option to fill that tire next to the owner’s son, Lance Stroll.

Formula 1 Spanish Grand Prix.  Press conference by Zhou Guanyu and Valteri Bottas of Alfa Romeo Team Orlen

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Alfa Romeo

Bottas and Zhou

Pierre Gasly, driver of AlphaTauri

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AlphaTauri

This is not an option

AlphaTauri is a team for the young talents of the Red Bull academy to get into Formula 1 and aspire to be a Red Bull steering wheel and it also lacks the ambitions of Fernando Alonso. It’s true that Pierre Gasly may leave, but it won’t open up space for Fernando, but for a young talent from Red Bull.

Albon and Latifi

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Williams

The key to Alpine?

It doesn’t look like an attractive project for Fernando Alonso, but it could be a team where Piastri could have the experience to keep Fernando Alonso at Alpine. It currently features Nicholas Latifi and Alex Albon. Latifi’s future is in the air and Piastri could find a great team with Williams to gain experience.

Mick Schumacher’s helmet for the 2022 F1 Miami GP

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Hass

project without ambition

It doesn’t seem like a real option because it doesn’t fit Fernando Alonso’s ambitions.

Source: La Verdad

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