168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso says it will be a “pleasure” for him to work with Honda in F1 again following his decision to ex🔯tend his tenure with Aston Martin.

It was announced on Thursday afternoon that Alonso had re-committed to Aston Martin by agreeing a new “multi-🔴year” contract extension that will keep him in F1 until at least the end of 2026.

The deal means that Alonso wil𒁏l have a reunion with Honda, who will takeover Aston Martin’s engine su🦩pply from Mercedes when new power unit regulations are introduced.

During his ill-fated second McLaren stint, Alonso upset Honda witಞh some derogatory public comments about the Japanese manufacturer’s engine when they powered the Woking outfit between 2015 and 2017.

B🉐ut the two-time world champion offered Honda some glowing praise and insisted he is excited to get the opportunity to work with them agai🦩n.

"Part of the decision to stay at Aston is because they are with Honda ꧙for 2026. It was very, very imp🍌ortant to me," Alonso said.

"Honda is definit🅷ely a manufacturer that has so much success in Formula 1 and in the world of motorsport, it was always a company that I respected.

"It didn't work for us at McLaren, in the years that they came to the sport, but right after that they fixed all the problems and they are currently domi🎉nating the sport.

"I think they wil🌜l have a baseline for 2026 that is already very strong, but also they have the capacity in Sakura of building something really nice.

"ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚAfter the experience with McLaren-Honda and IndyCar as well, we have now the opportunity to work again together. That for me is a true pleasure.”

Alonso is confident that Aston Martin, together with Honda, will have everything needed to be successful du🧸ring F1’s next regulation cycle.

"Obviously, with the sustainable fuels that we will have in 2026, this is something that I would love to experiment [wit♉h],” he said. "We have a great partner in Aramco, so I see a win-win situation.

"In 2026 we are going into the u🦄nknown for sure in terms of regꦿulations, but if I have to choose one, my feeling is I will choose our project, our engine and our power unit.

"Firstly, because I think they are dominating the sport, tꦓhey꧙ have a very, very strong engine on Red Bull and AlphaTauri [].

"And secon🎃dly, because with the new fuels and the new regulations, they will have all the tools available to suဣcceed."