Alonso: “I hope to win my 33rd F1 victory with Aston Martin”

before traveling to Monza To qualify for the 2022 F1 Italian Grand Prix, Fernando Alonso went live on social networks with one of his sponsors, Fonetwork, and answered questions from fans.In this ‘live’, the pilot vouched for his current relationship with alpine “Ideal” Despite an announced move to Aston Martin in 2023, “Mission”, A term coined on social networks this year to refer to his challenge with green cars starting next year. I want to win the 33rd time,” he said with his greatest wish.

“Do you think you can do a good job at Aston Martin? Yes, I’m sure it will work. They have all the resources and investments and talent they need and have signed the number one engineers from Red Bull and Mercedes.We have had a bad start this year, but often a bad start creates the desire and ambition to change things quickly. Let’s try to turn things around. I am confident”.

“Mission”

Last year’s El Plan had enough trouble already, so let’s not start over. It’s always been created in social networks and I always try to follow what you show. If it has to be a mission, it’s a mission.Now that I’m with Aston Martin James It’s great to be in a Bond movie. Shooting the scene down the street in an Aston Martin excites me. I need to discuss it with my team. Hope it comes out. ”

Do I Believe in a Mission? we will have to believe In F1 you start from a position and eventually get there. It’s not like football when a small team can draw a big team. Everything in F1 is too precise and mathematical, with few surprises. That’s the big problem. You can create illusions and have illusions, but doing the same thing for 24 races becomes very monotonous and frustrating for fans. ”

Current relationship with Alpine

“The ideal. No problem. For me, Renault will always be part of me and Alonso will always be part of them with winning two world championships.It is an extraordinary group of people. , every weekend we are full, nothing has changed, we arrive in Abu Dhabi in full force and from that Monday we will be on different paths but always with respect and love.”

podium this year?

“We are closer than usual, but at the same time we need the help of the cars in front. , there was a bowling match in which 5 cars withdrew, and if this year is 6 or 7 years old and if there is contact such as 2 people going ahead and 1 person retiring this year, we will take that opportunity We’re there to take advantage. We have seven races left, but I think we’ll have an opportunity in one of them to see if we can take advantage of it.”

season rating

“Satisfied. I’m happy with how it turned out. Coming back after being out of the sport for two years always comes with risks, because you may not be familiar with the car. Kimi ( Raikkonen) and Schumacher (Michael), and in the first four or five races last year I wasn’t completely happy with the ‘feel’ of the car or the power steering, it wasn’t comfortable at all. . That was his only point on this lap and it was difficult for him to adapt in his first five races last year. And I’m very demanding, so I’d like to go back and change it, I don’t have five adaptation races. Each race I feel strong and we are always his third or fourth highest. So now I am happy. ”

“This year I think I’m happy with the level we’ve reached back in F1. We lost 40-50 points early in the season with a mechanical problem, but we still have a good championship. At Barcelona, ​​ninth in Bahrain. I remember arriving with two points from 2018. It was a disappointing start, but despite this we have had a good year.”

Will not participate in Aston Martin WEC in 2023

“Difficult. Right now I’m very focused on Formula 1 and Aston Martin. Next year we have 24 races and practices and sponsored events and with very little life left, it means sacrificing everything to one thing. As long as I’m in Formula 1, it’s impossible to drive Le Mans, and I don’t know if I’ll try in the future, I’ve won both times I’ve tried.

triple crown

“I don’t want to think about other categories or anything else until I’m in F1 because the F1 calendar is very demanding and with so many races you have to give it your all. I don’t know, it’s not on my mind right now.”