‘I know for a fact’ - Claim that Fernando Alonso is on Mercedes’ list to replace Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso is saiওd to be on Mercedes' wish-list of potential candidates to replace Lewis Hamilton.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso is on Mercedes’ list of F1 drivers who could replace 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton in 2025, it has been claimed.
Hamilton shocked the F1 world at the start of this month by announcing that he would be leaving Mercedes at the e🍎nd of the season in order to complete a blockbuster switch to Ferrari.
The seven-time world champion’s impending move♋ has blown the driver market wide open, leaving an unexpected spare seat at Mercedes that several drivers will be vying for.
And according to BBC journalist Andrew Benson, two-time꧙ world champion Alonso is one of the ⛦candidates to join Mercedes.
“I know that [Fernando] Alonso’s on the list. I do, I know that for a fact,” Benson told the BBC’s Chequered Flag♐ podcast.
“It’s unbelievable considering what happened between Mercedes and Alonso in 2007 during the Spygate era and there was alw🃏ays this suggestion from Mercedes that we would never touch him with a barge pole.
“But, there’s a new CEO at Mercedes now and they’re a bit in the doo-doo now that [Lewis] Hamilton’s left, so why wo🌄uldn’t Alonso be attractive if they need to fill a🍎 gap?”
Alonso is out of contract at the end of the year, meaning he would theoretically be free to join Mercedes, however the Spaniard has insisted that staying at Aston Martin in 2025 will be his first choice should✃ he decide to continue in F1 beyond this 🦩season.
“If we cannot reach an agreement, and I want𒊎 to commit to race in F1, I know that I ha🅠ve a privileged position,” added Alonso, who turns 43 in July.
“I'm probably attractive to other teams, the performance that they saw last 🅷year, the commitment. There are only three world champions on the grid. And th🦹ere is only one available.”
Former Mercedes F1 reserveও driver Sam Bird said he is excited to see how Hamilton’s shock transfer impacts the 2025 driver market.
“What excites me is the ripple effect through the driver market that this will♎ have, because that is such a key seat,” Bird said on the same BBC podcast.
“Now what happens at Mercedes. Do they be brave and bring in [Andrea Kimi] Antonelli, or do they go and ge𝓰t somebody else from the existing drivers?
“Who would they go for? Does [Valtteri] Bottas want his seat back or do they go somewhere else. Do they look at a lower team driver whose proving themselves? It’s really exciting what this couꦕld do to the driver market in 12 months time.”
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