Alonso can keep racing with the Alpine team for life?
Aug.25 - Fernando Alonso can race for Alpine for life, according to the French carmaker's CEO Laurent Rossi.
Spaniard Alonso, 40, returned to Formula 1 this year with the Renault-owned team, more than a decade after his back-to-back titles for the Enstone based works outfit.
What is clear is that Rossi is more than happy with the two-time champion.
"Fernando is more than a Renault driver," he told Soy Motor. "He is one of the Renault Group's key motorsport people.
"He is very valuable to us and we talk a lot and about many things."
At the heart of Alonso's involvement, of course, is his work in the cockpit - and Rossi clearly wants him to stay there for a long time.
"It is very likely that he will continue in the competition area with us. We want that.
"For me, he is one of the best in the sport and at Renault, so it makes sense for us to keep him in this area. I think the feeling is mutual."
Rossi admits that Alpine is considering whether to return to Le Mans, where Alonso won in 2018 and 2019.
"The decision will be in the next few months or even weeks," said the Alpine CEO. "But 2022 would be a little early."
He said a return to Le Mans for Alonso is therefore quite possible in the future.
"Fernando is a great driver and he can drive anything. We have already talked about this," he said.
"As long as he is comfortable in Formula 1, he will still be there and we will all be happy. But when he decides the day has come, he will always have the option to continue racing within Groupe Renault.
"If we are in world endurance, we will find him a seat."
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Amazing endorsement.
That guys lost the plot "Fernando is more than a Renault driver,"
Yes because hes an Alpine driver, its like Dacia, if your a woks Dacia driver , your NOT a works Renault driver
IMO
Dirty little secret: I had to google Dacia. Logan Cup, indeed.
Dirtier little secret: I owned a 3 car Alliance Cup team in the 80's. My guys would try to flip them on their lids in corners. Great fun, but lots of panel repairs, thus my sympathy for Horner. Of course, we didn't have a budget cap.
Rossi and De Meo are smart lads. FA is a fantastic asset to the broader organization. He will sell more road cars then any other figurehead.
Brian , id agree , if hes a marketing Tool for the Renault " group", then get him marketing something thats gonna sell a lot of motors, Apline are small fry in terms of numbers, stateside, Rors opinion is that " whose heard of Apline " but Renault, Nissan or Mitsubishi,
Im in uk, similar here, ok its just an opinion but thats all we have , oh, except for sales figures of Alpines sold ofcourse lol
Not saying there not smart lads, just imo there wasting his marketing value on a small volume produced " not great value" one model... brand ?
Imo
Fair points. I expect the A110 allows them to launch bigger and for its target market, FA is pretty effen cool.
As a marketing tool yes, as to the future no. How will we find the next Max if f1 drivers go into their mid forties on the strength of their performances 5 years prior.
Quite a few f1 drivers raced competitively and won titles near to being 40yr mansell and prost to name two but there a few more, but weirdly i agree with you to a degree , i must be ill...!!
I’m hoping the main criterion for being in the F1 seat is FA’s ability to be very competitive and the team to outperform. Then on to the marketing...
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