MOGYOROD, Hungary \u2014 Fernando Alonso has suggested his future in Formula 1 could depend on whether the cars become more enjoyable to drive.<\/p>\n
Alonso and Aston Martin have struggled with a slow and unreliable car, the first produced with car design great Adrian Newey in charge. Alonso scored the team’s only point so far this season at the Monaco Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
The two-time F1 champion turns 45 next week and signed what was described as a \u201cmultiyear\u201d extension in 2024. He confirmed he still has a contract for 2027 with Aston Martin, \u201cso I’m not moving.”<\/p>\n
\u201cFor me, I\u2019m relaxed. As I\u2019ve said many times, I\u2019m thinking. I need to know what I do next year and in the years to come. I feel fresh, I feel motivated, I feel fast, but I need to enjoy also what I do,\u201d Alonso said ahead of the Hungarian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n
Alonso was sharply critical of the last two races in Britain and Belgium, where the cars ran out of battery power on the long straights.<\/p>\n
“I think it\u2019s not fun to watch, it\u2019s not fun to drive, and we\u2019ve been repeating the same thing every single Grand Prix,” he said. \u201cIt\u2019s not the same adrenaline that I used to have driving a Formula 1 car. That\u2019s something that I need to put on the table. It\u2019s not a problem with the competitiveness of the team. It\u2019s just a problem of whether Formula 1 gives me the adrenaline that I need to live.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aston Martin is bringing a major package of upgrades to its car for the Hungarian Grand Prix. An engine upgrade from supplier Honda is expected later, but Hungary’s relatively slow and twisty track could make up for the Aston Martin’s lack of power.<\/p>\n
Alonso said he still believed Newey and Honda could deliver a world-beating car and engine combination given time.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think I have a pretty clear picture of the team, that we will fix all the problems. They take time, but I have no doubts, zero doubts, that Adrian will provide the best car on the grid sooner or later,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI would like to see the first step with this package \u2026 and I think there\u2019s going to be more to come next year, that\u2019s for sure, and in the years to come. On the power unit, I have no doubts as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MOGYOROD, Hungary \u2014 Fernando Alonso has suggested his future in Formula 1 could depend on whether the cars…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":821741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-821740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/821740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/821741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=821740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=821740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}