LONDON — Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will lengthen his System One profession by becoming a member of Aston Martin subsequent season.
The 41-year-old Spaniard will exchange Sebastian Vettel, who introduced his retirement final week. Alonso’s contract with Alpine was ending this season. Aston Martin mentioned Monday that it signed Alonso to a multi-year deal.
“Nobody in System One immediately is demonstrating a better imaginative and prescient and absolute dedication to successful, and that makes it a very thrilling alternative for me,” Alonso mentioned of Aston Martin. “I nonetheless have the starvation and ambition to combat to be on the entrance, and I need to be a part of a company that’s dedicated to be taught, develop and succeed.”
Alonso might be going into his twentieth season in F1. He gained his titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006. He took two years off in 2019 and 2020 to race in different collection, together with runs on the Indy 500.
“I’ve witnessed the thrill within the engineering group and all through the entire group on the alternative to work with Fernando,” Aston Martin group principal Mike Krack mentioned. “We all know that almost everybody can be taught from somebody of Fernando’s calibre and expertise. We’re assured that he’ll encourage everybody to elevate their sport.”
Aston Martin, whose different driver is Lance Stroll, son of proprietor Lawrence Stroll, is just ninth within the 10-team constructors’ standings this season.
Alonso mentioned he is aware of Lance and Lawrence properly and so they share the identical “ambition and fervour to succeed” in F1.
“All of us admire that there’s a lot to be accomplished to get to the entrance, and that we should apply all our energies in working collectively to search out efficiency,” Alonso mentioned. “The fervour and want to carry out that I’ve witnessed persuade me to take care of my enjoyment and dedication to the game. I intend to win once more on this sport and subsequently I’ve to take the alternatives that really feel proper to me.”
Alpine has been enhancing in current seasons and sits fourth within the constructors’ race. Alonso is tenth within the 20-driver standings. He joined Alpine in 2021 after his two-year break from the collection.
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