Fernando Alonso won’t be Aston Martin’s primary driver says the group owned by Lawrence Stroll, whose son shall be group mate to the Spaniard. Aston Martin Racing group boss Mick Krack says Alonso won’t tackle the position of primary driver subsequent 12 months when the two-time Components 1 world champion joins the British producer.
Simply after the Hungarian Grand Prix, Aston Martin introduced that Spaniard Fernando Alonso will be part of the group from the 2023 season, with the present Alpine driver signing a multi-year contract with the Silverstone-based outfit. At Aston Martin, Alonso will companion Canadian Lance Stroll and instantly substitute Germany’s Sebastian Vettel, who will retire on the finish of the 2022 marketing campaign after 15 years on the highest stage.
Though Fernando Alonso is way extra skilled than his future team-mate Lance Stroll, the Aston Martin group boss insists that he won’t be given the primary driver standing subsequent 12 months: “Fernando and Lance can have equal standing,” confirmed Mick Krack, quoted by Motorsportweek.
In fact, the canny Spaniard would know much better to demand such standing in a group with such blatant nepotism in place, however going by earlier actions in different groups, it will likely be very attention-grabbing how the ‘wily ol fox’ operates on the Silverstone based mostly squad.
“Fernando hasn’t requested for something like that [to be the team leader], there was discuss within the media of providing him issues like primary standing and an enormous wage, however I can guarantee you that Fernando just isn’t doing it for the standing, nor for a cheque.” assures Krack,
“Clearly the bundle must be commensurate with a driver of Fernando’s calibre and expertise, however the pace with which the deal was achieved tells you that issues like wage or the main points of the deal weren’t Fernando’s principal motivations.”
“He mentioned it himself earlier than the break, when each events wish to agree on one thing, it solely takes ten minutes. What satisfied Fernando was the chance to be a part of a group that’s progressing and the place he can have an actual affect.”
Fernando Alonso has 9 races left in Alpine colors earlier than becoming a member of the Aston Martin group following the 2022 season finale in Abu Dhabi in November.