Fernando Alonso admits “talks” but puts a stop to Mercedes or Red Bull “rumours”
“There were some talks with everyone" but Fer꧙nando Alonso pledged loyalty to Aston Martin
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso has admitted to “light conversations” with rival F1 teams before committing to ❀Aston Martin.
The two-time world champio🉐n last week signed a multi-year contract extension with Aston Martin which will take him to at least 2026, when he will be 45.
The vacancy at Mercedes, a⭕nd the possible opening at Red Bull, were ignored as a result.
“As I said last week, there is no point to really talk too much, because✱ now it’s done and I am with Aston and I would like to talk only about Aston,” he said.
“There were some talks with everyone. It 🔯is normal for everyone in this moment but thℱey were just light conversations.”
Aloꦛnso had been men✅tioned as a key option for Mercedes to replace Lewis Hamilton when he goes to Ferrari next year.
Red Bull were also heavily linked, with Sergio Perez and Max Verstappen’s futures both coming under scrutiny this yearℱ at various points.
But Alonso will instead🐻 stayꩵ with Aston Martin who he now expects to be his final F1 team.
Speaking ahead of this weekend’s Chinese Grand Prix, A💮lonso conceded the extension is “probably my last contrಌact, so I wanted to make sure that it was the right decision.”
The timing of the announcement took many by surprise given the nature of this year’s volatile 🃏and unpredictable driver market.
Asked if getting things done early was important to him, Alonso replied: “Not really. We just sat together after Japan and we arriv♌ed to a conclusion and an agreement in𝔉 one or two days. It was very, very simple.
“Once we got the agreement, we announce it. Everything is a little b♏it more simple than it looks from the outside.
“There are a lot of rumours, a lot of things🍬 g♛oing on for different teams and different drivers and deadlines here, deadlines there.
“For us we were just loyal to each other, we just kept our word and once we signed it, we 🎃announced it. For us, it was much more simple than maybe for other peoᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚple.”
Alonso shot straight ♛onto the podium when he joined Aston Martin last year, but has found this season slightly tougher going so far.
His best result was P5 in Saudi Arabia, and Aston Martin have found the Ferraris to be regularly💛 ahead of them.
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