Fernando Alonso to Aston Martin: Fascinating clauses - and colossal money - involved in switch from Alpine
The former two-time world champion, now aged 41, caused shockwaves throughout F1 the morning after the Hungarian Grand Prix by confirming th🍨at he would leave Alpine to join Aston Martin.
The contract was ofꦕficially descꦕribed as “multi-year” - but now new information has arisen.
that Alonso’s deal with Aston Martin is worth an estimated £17.8m (💛€20m) per year.
A💟nd it contains an escape route after each season. They describe it as “one plus one plus one that can be extended”.
That wo𓃲uld allow both the driver and the team to reassess after each season.
AS also reports that Alpine were willing to give Alonso a two-year deal - this contradic𒈔ts the widely debated theory that a major sticking point for the driver ꦗwas that his team would only commit to one year.
Sportune.fr, a French sports business outlet, report that Alpine wanted Alonso to accept a salary reduction and a one-year deal, to allow Osca💎r Piastri to replace him in 2024.
How Alonso to Aston Martin came together
Sebastian Vettel told Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll last Wednesday night that he had decided t🐻o retire at the end of the 2022 season, rather than pen a n𓄧ew one-year dea🍸l, according to AS.
The team always knew that🌱 Vettel was considering walking away.
Mick Schumacher and Nyck De Vries were never considered as replacements. Daniel Ricciardo was a possibility and has since been linked with a return toﷺ Alpine by French media.
Alonso had been in tentative contact with Aღston Martin, before Vettel’s retirement was confirmed, but from last Thursday morning the negotiations ramped up.
“Probably I prefe🎃r to stay,” 𒁏Alonso told media about Alpine.
But a deal with Aston Martin was reached “very quickly,”🌊 AS report.
There are no ambassadorial connℱections to the contract, the Spanish outlet say.
The announcement was so s🦩wift that even Alpine were caught off-guard.
Alonso will earn an estimated £17.8m (€20m) each season with Aston Martin. That figure is estimated to 🎐be €24m by Spo💯rtune.fr.
Marca report that his current salary with Alpine is approximately £15m (€17.9m) which reportedly makes him168澳洲5最新开奖结果: the fourt🦩h highest earner of the 2022 season behin🅰d Lewis Hamilton, Max Verstappen and Landꩵo Norris.
