From four-time champion to two-time champion: this is the change he has made Aston Martin with Fernando Alonso replacing Sebastian Vettel to execute a plan that every time is more “aggressive” and ambitious… and that is already beginning to disturb the paddock of Formula 1 after latest information distilled by the Silverstone team.
However, with the Asturian’s decision to leave Alpine at the end of 2022… was Alonso always Aston Martin’s first choice to accompany Lance Stroll?
Mike Krackhead of the green team, has been interviewed by ‘RacingNews365’ and they have asked him if the team “invited” the German to leave.
“No, this is not true. This is not true at all. Sebastian made a conscious decision to stop, and he informed us on the Wednesday before Budapest. And so we had to go all out to replace it.“, he has responded emphatically.
Of course, once they knew their decision, the machinery began to carburete: “We always had Sebastian as ‘plan A’, but we also told him that if he decided not to continue we had to talk to other drivers, and he was comfortable with that.”
“So we said, ‘who would we pick if they were available? And the decision was quick“added the head of Aston Martinwhich does not hide that Fernando Alonso is he perfect man to execute the plan they have in hand.