Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll has not ruled out the possibility of Fernando Alonso remaining with the Aston Martin F1 team beyond his current contract. Alonso highly valued the potential of Aston Martin, led by Stroll, and joined the team at the beginning of this year. Aston Martin will open a new state-of-the-art factory this year, with a new wind tunnel due to be operational in 2024.
After a winter of remarkable development, Aston Martin moved onto the grid from seventh place in last year’s constructors’ championship and secured second place behind Red Bull in the first half of the campaign. Two-time F1 champion Alonso finished on the podium in six of the first eight races, including second-place finishes in Monaco and Canada, but the car’s performance subsequently declined and the team dropped to fourth in the standings. . Despite the setback, Stroll praised Alonso’s performances this season, saying: “He’s brought a tremendous amount. He’s full of energy, like a 22-year-old.” “He is a fantastic F1 driver and a fantastic ambassador for Aston Martin both on and off the track.” Alonso, whose contract expires at the end of next season, will sign a new two-year contract. There is a good chance that he will continue racing until he is 45 years old. “Anything is possible,” Lawrence Stroll said. “As of now, he’s under contract to drive for us next year and we’re looking forward to it.” Meanwhile, Stroll said his son Lance’s seemingly dismal season was due to “a lot of bad luck.” I feel like it’s no other than that. There has been speculation as to whether Stroll Jr. is still fit for the F1 grid, given his poor performance in the past four races, including failing to qualify in the first round, including a huge crash in Singapore. Stroll also lost heavily to Alonso, with the 24-year-old Canadian sitting 135 points behind the Spaniard in the drivers’ standings, but averaging half a second slower in qualifying. Stroll Sr. admitted that Lance “started the year on the back foot for the first six races due to two broken wrists,” but he finished sixth at the Bahrain Grand Prix, fourth at the Australian Grand Prix and It was during that period that my son achieved his best result, finishing 7th at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix. He declared that his son had “done a truly heroic job” and felt that “he has been hit with bad luck” since then. “He has retired nine times due to engine problems and rear wing failure (at the Japanese Grand Prix).”However, engine trouble only occurred once during a Grand Prix, at the Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, the second round of the season. is. Still, Stroll Sr. added, “half the race has nothing to do with his own ability. Sadly, he just had a lot of bad luck.”
2023-10-19 16:13:20
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