Alonso: “My priority is helping Alpine in the Constructors’ World Championship”

Fernando Alonso Alpine, the two-time Formula One World Champion, told EFE on Thursday at the Marina Bay Circuit, the venue for this year’s 17th Singapore Grand Prix. Qualifying for 4th place, saying his ‘main objective is to help the team as much as possible’ “Constructors’ Championship” next to Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes.

“For the rest of the World Cup you have to go race by race. But my main objective is to help Alpine as much as possible in the very tight Constructors’ World Championship with McLaren (5th in the rankings, 107 points, 18 points less than Alpine). And now there are weekends when they will be faster. and others we are. But for me, it’s a top priority, to help the team in the rest of the race,” the two Asturian world champions told Efe during a media meeting at the Singapore circuit this Thursday. rice field.

The 41-year-old, 2005 and 2006 (with Renault) world champion, 32-time F1 winner and next year’s driver for world team Aston Martin, said: He will replace the retiring German Sebastian Vettel.

“It would be nice to have the option to get closer to the podium if one of the cars in front has issues.That’s great,” Alonso replied to Marina Bay’s Efe. “But this requires help from the car in front,” he added.