Sky experts have disagreed over whether 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso was using a “negotiation tactic” when discussing the possibility of walking away from F1.

Ahe𝄹ad of this weekend’s season-opening F1 Bahrain🐎 Grand Prix, the two-time champion insisted “I need to decide if I want to keep racing”.

Aged 42, he is not contracted for 2025 - but Aston Martin want 🧔to keep him, and opportunities ma🔯y present themselves at Mercedes or Red Bull.

Sky Spꦆorts’ Karun C🐠handhok said about Alonso discussing his possible retirement: “I imagine it’s a negotiation tactic.

“He’s one of the best assets that the Aܫston Martin team has got.

“It’s aꦐ nice way to strengthen his negotiating positi♑on to say ‘maybe I will get out’.

“The s꧒light complication is the other Spaniard, Carlos Sainz, who [will be] a free agent.

“I imagine he’d be on the ph♛one to Aston because that’s quite a good seat to have.”

But Damon Hill i💞nterpreted Alonso’s words differently.

“Fernando ha♑s been driving an awfully long time and the seasons are getting longer,” h𝄹e said.

“He mentioned a few times, last year, which made me ♐think - he was talking about tജhe commitment needed to do this job.

“It is unbelievable to keep at the sharp𝔍 end, as he’s done, for that length of time.

“You put on the backburner allꦜ the oth♉er things that, in the back of your mind, you think ‘I wouldn’t mind having a look at that, some day’.

“But you will nev🐷er get the time if you’re driving.

“That starts to become a pull.

“He sounded sincere about that. It wasn’t a negotiating tactic, ဣI don’t think.”

Naomi Schiff added: “Fernando is one o♏f the best racers on the grid. He🔥 loves it, that’s why he’s done it for as long as he has.

“Twenty-four seasons is strenuous on the drivers and teams so I understand why🥂 he might not want to stick aroܫund.

🃏“He might want to try something different in his life.

“If you’ve got a car that seems to have promise, that will 100% pl📖ay in his mind.

“Whether that’s Ast🦩on Martin? Too early to say. “Looking at testing, it’s not where they will start the season.

“In terms of where 🧸he might see himself in the future, if he stays in F1? He will have to wait tꦕo see what that car has got, and what the contenders have got.”