‘I know for a fact’ - Claim that Fernando Alonso is on Mercedes’ list to replace Lewis Hamilton
Fernando Alonso is said to be on Mercedes' wish-list of potential candidates to replace Lewis Hamilt𓂃on.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso is on Mercedes’ list of F1 drivers who could replace 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton in 2025, it has been claimed.
Hamilton shocked the F1 world at the start of this month by announcing that he 𝓡would be leaving Mercedes at the end of the season꧒ 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-time wꦜoꦺrld champion Alonso is one of the candidates to join Mercedes.
“I know that [Fernando] Alonso’s on the list. I do, I know that ꦜfor 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 always 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 lefꦿt, so why wouldn’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 insiste𝓰d 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 want to commit to race in F1, I know that I hꦯave a privileged positio👍n,” added Alonso, who turns 43 in July.
“I'm probably attractive to other teams, the performance that t💮hey saw last year, the commitment. There are only three world champions on the grid. And there is only one available.”
F🍌ormer Mercedes F1 reserve 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 t𒆙hat 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 [An🀅drea Kimi] Antonelli, or do they go and ge♕t somebody else from the existing drivers?
“Who would they go for? Doeꦦs [Valtteri] Bottas want his seat back or do they go somewhere else. Do they look at a lower team driver whose proving th𝔉emselves? It’s really exciting what this could do to the driver market in 12 months time.”
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