Fernando Alonso has ended speculation about his Formula 1 future by re-signing with Aston Martin. The Spaniard has committed his future to his team with his existing deal set to expire at the end o
The five biggest stories to hit our headlines over the past seven days Source
Aston Martin team principal Mike Krack has conceded that he thinks “you have to agree” with the notion that his team, and Fernando Alonso in particular, have over-achieved relative to the performance of the AMR24.
On Thursday afternoon, Aston Martin ended speculation about the two-time world champion's future with the team by announcing a multi-year contract extension for the Spaniard, tying him to the Silverstone outfit until the end of 2026. Alonso's contract was up for renewal this year, which prompted extensive speculation about the 42-year-old's future as top teams Red Bull and Mercedes also have seats up for grabs amid a wildly open driver market. Alonso's domino is now the first to fall, with the...
Fernando Alonso will remain with Aston Martin's Formula 1 team through the 2026 season. Alonso, 42, scored eight podiums in 2023 as he elevated the Aston Martin team.
Double world champion was linked to Lewis Hamilton’s seatSpaniard has signed ‘multi-year’ contract with current teamFernando Alonso will remain with Aston Martin beyond this season after signing a new “multi-year” deal with the British-based Formula One team. Double world champion Alonso, 42, had been linked with Mercedes and Red Bull – as possible replacements for Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen respectively.However, Aston Martin announced on Thursday that the Spanish driver, whose current...
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin's two-time champion driver, recently shared his insights into the team's strategic approach to the Japanese Grand Prix. In addition to this, the Spaniard has revealed that there are more upgrades "in the pipeline" for his AMR24 machinery.At the heart of Alonso's recent performance was a calculated risk that set him apart from the likes of the McLaren and Mercedes drivers: the decision to start the race on soft tires. This choice, borne out of necessity rather than...
The Spaniard ended Q1 second fastest but as the pace sharpened he dropped to fifth place in both Q2 and Q3, but he still felt the pace jump from Aston's car updates were greater than predicted. Alonso ran the previous AMR24 car package during Friday practice at Suzuka, with team-mate Lance Stroll using the upgrades to provide comparison running, before both drivers switched to the upgrades - which focused on a revised sidepod and floor area changes. "Yesterday I had the old package, today the...
The Cardinals legend has "so much to tell" with his album, "Hey Y'all." And the ex-ballplayer wants to be no less than a "legit" country musician.
Fernando Alonso will continue to race in Formula 1 with Aston Martin next season after the team announced that the two-time world champion has signed a fresh deal to keep him onboard into 2026 and the sport’s next regulatory cycle.
Martin Truex Jr. said he "lost my cool" after last weekend's disappointing
Orlando Whitfield was a student when he became best friends with Inigo Philbrick, ‘the art world’s Bernie Madoff’. He talks about how their decade of hustling would lead one to a breakdown – and the other to jail• ‘The day we tried to bag a Banksy’: read an extract from Whitfield’s explosive exposéOrlando Whitfield is a youngish man, shy, with a reddish beard. His hands are aggressively tattooed, as if they’d been laid, backs down, on wet newspaper. The ink is a form of armour, he says, like his...