F1: Fernando Alonso to switch Sebastian Vettel at Aston Martin from 2023

Two-time world champion Fernando Alonso will lengthen his Formula One profession by becoming a member of Aston Martin subsequent season.

The 41-year-old Spaniard will exchange Sebastian Vettel, who introduced his retirement final week. Alonso’s contract with Alpine was ending this season. Aston Martin mentioned Monday that it signed Alonso to a multi-year deal.

“No one in Formula One today is demonstrating a greater vision and absolute commitment to winning, and that makes it a really exciting opportunity for me,” Alonso mentioned of Aston Martin. “I still have the hunger and ambition to fight to be at the front, and I want to be part of an organization that is committed to learn, develop and succeed.”

Alonso can be going into his twentieth season in F1. He gained his titles with Renault in 2005 and 2006. He took two years off in 2019 and 2020 to race in different sequence, together with runs on the Indy 500.

“I have witnessed the excitement in the engineering team and throughout the whole organization at the opportunity to work with Fernando,” Aston Martin group principal Mike Krack mentioned. “We know that nearly everyone can learn from someone of Fernando’s calibre and experience. We are confident that he will inspire everyone to lift their game.” Aston Martin, whose different driver is Lance Stroll, son of proprietor

Lawrence Stroll, is barely ninth within the 10-team constructors’ standings this season. Alonso mentioned he is aware of Lance and Lawrence properly they usually share the identical “ambition and passion to succeed” in F1.

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“We all appreciate that there is much to be done to get to the front, and that we must apply all our energies in working together to find performance,” Alonso mentioned. “The passion and desire to perform that I have witnessed convince me to maintain my enjoyment and commitment to the sport. I intend to win again in this sport and therefore I have to take the opportunities that feel right to me.”

Alpine has been bettering in current seasons and sits fourth within the constructors’ race. Alonso is tenth within the 20-driver standings. He joined Alpine in 2021 after his two-year break from the sequence.