Text message Fernando Alonso wrote to persuade Adrian Newey: “What a surprise”

Fernando Alonso Already revealed after the signature presentation of Adrian Newey by aston martin He sent the best engineer and F1 car designer in history to try to convince him. Send a message to your personal cell phone. He also revealed that he met with Newey. He had a chat with him at the previous Monaco Historic Grand Prix, where he said “we talked for about 30 minutes.”

A month after those words, Fernando Alonso himself revealed the contents of a text message he sent Adrian Newey on the official Aston Martin team website.

“When Adrian decided to leave his previous team (Red Bull), I expected him to join us. I dream that it was a realistic possibility in the first place. There were some rumors about him joining another team (most notably Ferrari), and I contacted Lawrence (Strol, Aston Martin owner), Martin Whitmarsh, and some of the group to Adrian. “I was asking if he had taken it, but I ended up contacting him,” he claimed just before revealing. The content of the messages he sent to his personal cell phone.

“I had his number, so I sent him a message and said, ‘Wow, that’s amazing. If you ever want to try something new, I’d love to work with you someday.'”said Fernando Alonso.

Alonso tried to help Aston Martin

At F1’s final Azerbaijan Grand Prix in 2024, Fernando explained that he had already tried to convince Newey of his potential after the presentation of the British engineer from Aston Martin, the team that could start working in March 2025. . Departs for Ferrari with Lewis Hamilton.

“I definitely sent him a message and I think everyone did. Everyone wanted to talk to him. Also at the Monaco Historic Grand Prix where he was competing. I met him and we talked for about 30 minutes. I don’t know, We all tried to convince him, but in the end it came down to Lawrence (Strol), his vision, the new factory and what Aston Martin is aiming for in the future with Honda. think. (Due to regulation changes in 2026, the engine will be exclusively supplied to Aston Martin) I think those were important factors for him to join Aston Martin.”Alonso said at the time: A month after those words, the contents of that text message became known.

We must not forget that Adrian Newey has already repeated several times: One of the problems of his career was not being able to work with Fernando Alonso and Lewis Hamilton.

“We were so close in 2008 to Alonso joining Red Bull for the 2009 season, but unfortunately that didn’t happen. It was a shame. That’s why we keep fighting each other. He is a legend in this sport, so I really want to start working with him,” Newey said a month ago.

In the end, he chose to link his future with Asturian players to Aston Martin.According to the wizards of aerodynamics, there is one main and different reason above all else. That’s because of the way Lawrence Stroll directs the British company’s projects.

“If you look back 20 years ago, the people we used to call crew chiefs were owners like Frank Williams and Ron Dennis. And in this new era, he’s the only crew chief active on the team. ‘s team owner. And you can feel it.” Seeing him involved is different than it used to be. And the opportunity to be a shareholder and partner was something that had never been given to me before. So it’s a little bit different and a different role that I’m looking forward to growing into. And I think it became a natural choice. ”Mr. Newey said in his presentation.