Fernando Alonso is already thinking about his next stage with Aston Martin while he faces the last races with Alpine. The Spanish driver maintains his ambition and trusts in the new project that many fans have begun to call ‘The Mission’.
What started out as more of a joke than anything else, The plan by Alpineended up becoming a marketing operation that was intended to anticipate the return of the Anglo-French team to the top coinciding with the introduction of the new technical regulations.
However, Formula 1 doesn’t work like that and Alpine is more or less in the same place as last year. Moreover, his real goal is to start winning at the end of this newly released regulatory period, in 2024 or 2025.
The Aston Martin Mission
Fernando Alonso was the one who started the history of The plan and his change of team for 2023 has led his fans to create The missionreferring to Aston Martin’s links to the James Bond saga.
“Let’s not start again. Last year there was already enough trouble with The plan»has asked his fans Fernando Alonso in a live meeting through the official instagram account from one of his personal sponsors, Finetwork.
«I already saw the The mission. It is something that is created in networks. If you say The Mission, it’s fine. What would be nice is to be in a James Bond movie, now that I’ll be in Aston Martin. I would be excited. We will have to believe in The Mission », she has expanded.
Winning is the goal
But, regardless of what the next project Fernando Alonso embarks on is called, what the Spaniard is clear about is that the ultimate goal is to win and anything other than that will lack excessive value.
“Winning is the goal we all seek. I was lucky to taste it in the past and have the tools to achieve World Cups. Now, we are in fifth position. Only win one. I don’t think there is much difference with what Pérez, Leclerc, Magnussen or I are doing. Either you win or you don’t,” says Fernando Alonso.
«The objective is to have a tool that allows us to fight to win. Hence the switch to Aston Martin. I have hope for that. Yes, I am confident that we are going to do a good job.”he affirms regarding what his new team will be.
“They have all the necessary resources and talent, they have signed number 1 engineers. This year they started badly, but many times starting badly gives you that spark to want to change. We are going to try to turn the situation around », she reiterates.
Although his departure from Alpine has been a surprise, Fernando Alonso affirms that he will take great memories of the team and that the relationship between the two continues to be optimal.
«It is ideal, it is and will be my family. What has been achieved with Renault will be part of our history as we have won the world championships. It is a group of extraordinary people, nothing has changed. We will take different paths, but with love and respect », she concluded.
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