Newey<\/a> was quizzed on how much of a priority it is for the team to keep Alonso onboard, and whether he felt confident that the two-time World Champion would stay.<\/p>\n\u201cObviously, Fernando is an amazing driver,\u201d Newey responded. \u201cHe brings huge amounts to the team, both in his feedback and his ability. So, for us, of course it\u2019s important.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m pretty confident that Fernando is enjoying his time with us and that we will continue with our relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n
It comes after Alonso also faced questions about his future earlier in the weekend, with the Spaniard voicing his confidence that Aston Martin will be able to resolve the car issues that they have been experiencing.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not that I need answers,\u201d he explained. \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, I have zero doubts that Adrian will provide the best car on the grid sooner or later.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs I said before, I would like to see the first step with this package, understanding after the first couple of races, and I think there\u2019s going to be more to come next year, that\u2019s for sure, and the years to come.<\/p>\n
\u201cOn the power unit, I think I have no doubts as well. It\u2019s a matter of time that Honda fixes the issues. We started on the back foot, yes, we\u2019re dealing with that process now, and that pain on the weekends. We\u2019re working together to fix the issues.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just how soon the car will be competitive \u2013 that\u2019s the question mark. Maybe the next two races will give us a little bit of a feeling for that.<\/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 the years to come. I feel fresh, I feel motivated, I feel fast.\u201d<\/p>\n
Alonso also added later on: \u201cI do have a contract, so I\u2019m not moving!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Adrian Newey has shared his thoughts on whether Aston Martin will be able to retain Fernando Alonso for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-568658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}