Fernando Alonso’s girlfriend Andrea Schlager has dropped a huge bombshell regarding the two-time Formula 1 world champion’s future with new team Aston Martin.
Alonso joined Aston Martin ahead of 2023 for his 21st F1 season, after departing Alpine at the end of the last campaign. And things have got off to the perfect start for the Spanish star, having secured back-to-back podium finishes, including the 100th of his career in Saudi Arabia last week.
Despite starting his Aston Martin career with success, Alonso’s time with the Silverstone-based team is not set to be a long one according to partner Schlager.
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Speaking in a recent Serus TV broadcast, the presenter said: “He currently has a two-year contract and it will most likely be his last.” Alonso and Schlager have been dating since last year, after meeting on the F1 paddock, with the relationship blossoming since.
Alonso’s partner’s comments will not come as too much as a surprise to many F1 fans, with the Spanish stalwart now 41. Alonso has already left the F1 scene in 2018, before making a U-turn on his decision three years later.
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During his time away from the paddock the Spaniard carried on his racing career, competing in the 24-hour Le Mans, the Dakar Rally and the Indy Car Series. Last summer Alonso discussed his previous decision to walk away from F1 after it was announced that fellow driving great Sebastian Vettel was retiring.
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“I stopped in 2018, because I had bigger challenges in my head,” the 41-year-old admitted. I had the Le Mans, I had the IndyCar, I wanted to try cross country rally, so I [had] other challenges. In 2018, or ’19, the possibilities that I had to race here in the paddock, they were not attractive.
“It was only one team winning; only [Valtteri] Bottas and [Lewis] Hamilton, they were fighting for each race and each pole position. So it was, for me, not the place to be and not a happy place, so I decided to stop. I don’t know if that came to play into Sebastian’s decision as well, having a competitive or non-competitive car.”
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