“There’s no space for me there” - Fernando Alonso makes admission about Aston Martin switch

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso believes Aston Martin is his best chance of challenging at the front of the F1 grid again after making the switch from Alpine for F1 2023.
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso

Alonso will drive for a third different team in his last four seasons in F1 having driven for McLaren and Alpine previously.

The Spaniard’s shock decision to move to Aston Martin caught everyone by surprise due to the performance disparity ꦗbetween the two teams.

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Alonso is widely known for making poor team switches, although the argument is sometimes exag🤡gerated.

Speaking to Auto Motor und Sport, Alonso admitted he would love to have𝕴 a title-challenging car but “there’s no space for🗹 me there” alluding to the fact Mercedes, Ferrari and Red Bull have settled line ups.

"I love what I do,” he said. “Of course, I would like to have a car that can fight for the title, but 💝there is no space for me there. 

"Considering what there was in the market, Aston martin is one of the teams who can achieve this in two, th🗹ree years. 

"It's import🃏ant at my age. I don't have eternity ahe𒐪ad of me. 

"ꦏIf we end up being world champions, I will also be satisfied because I can say that I contribu🐬ted to the construction of this title…

"I'm happy to embark on a new project and make it a s🐟uccess as soon as poss🌟ible."

Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR22. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, Tuesday.-
Fernando Alonso (ESP) Aston Martin F1 Team AMR22. Formula 1 Testing, Yas Marina Circuit, Abu…

Aston Mar⛄tin struggled for much of 202⛦2, languishing at the bottom of the constructors’ standings.

However, they did make significa⛎nt progress as the season went on, ne﷽arly beating Alfa Romeo to sixth in the final classification.

With Lawrence Stroll pumping a lot of money into the te♚am in terms of new facilities and personnel, there are all the ingredients there to make Aston Martin capable of at least challenging McLaren and Alpine for fourth.

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