The Spanish rider faces his first season at the British team with great enthusiasm
The one who has been twice world champion in Formula 1, Fernando Alonsohas as aim to win the championship again in the following seasons. The Asturian driver left the Alpine F1 team after two seasons with that team and has signed for Aston Martin to be more successful.
But besides this, Fernando Alonso has as aim face his last years as a pilot in the premier class. And it is that Alonso’s new team has shown great ambition when it comes to investing in technology and infrastructures and also to form a qualified and first-rate technical team.
Fernando Alonso’s new goal for 2023 is to win F1 and then the Dakar
On the other hand, the president of the FIA, Mohammed ben Sulayen, analyzed the teams that are evolving such as Aston Martin, Alpine or McLaren, trying to catch up with the big names such as Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes, and has highlighted example to the Aston Martin group along with Alonso.
According to Mohammed, in the coming years the Asturian driver should start to win with his new team: “They should be able to do it, they are investing for it, they are on the way and they have a ready driver like Fernando”, he declared. That being the case, Fernando has already experienced what it is like to live a Dakar in 2020.
The directors who are experts in motorsport highlight the professionalism and attitude of the Asturian
Glyn Hall, Toyota Gazoo Racing boss said: “Fernando continues to have very close contact with the Dakar. The last time I spoke to him, he told me that he would like to come back to do the Dakar for three years when he finishes his stage in the F1with the goal of winning this race.”
Lastly, he also praised Fernando’s professionalism as part of the team, where he was involved as one more in the technical issues of the car: “Maybe he could win it in his first year back. Fernando is very intelligent and fully understands that he cannot come here for just one year.