Fernando Alonso teases Mercedes with ‘behind us, so not very attractive’ verdict
Fernando Alonso has dismissed the suggestion he will give Toto Wolff a c🍰all about Mercedes' vacant seat.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso has teased Mercedes by dismissing the idea of giving team principal Toto Wolff a call about their vacant F1 seat for 2025.
The Aston Martin driver impressively claimed a strong sixth place in the Japanese Grand Prix, with the Mercedes of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton both finishing behind him in seventh and ninth.
42-year-old Alonso is out of contract at the end of 🥂the year and is yet to decide whether he wants to continue racing in F1 beyond this season.
Hamilton’s shock move to Ferrari for 2025 has left an opening at Mercedes, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Sergio Perez’s seat at Red Bull is still potentially up forꦕ grabs.
Alonso has suggested he will make a call on his future after the opening few races of the 2024 seaso⛄n and was asked b🐻y Sky if his performance in Japan made his decision any easier.
"I had a lot of fun, which is great, to keep on racing,” the two-time world champi🐻on said.
✨“I had one of my best weekends ever, I think, driving, and I'm 44 seconds behind the leader. It doesn't feel attractive at the same time. So let's see.”
Wheꦛn asked if would be more fun to drive for a team further up the grid and whether he would give Wolff a call, Alonso laughed: "That's a very good question.
“But Mercedes are be🦋hind us, so it doesn't feel very ꦅattractive.”
Alonso described his weekend in Japan as being “maybe even in the top five of my caree🌳r”.
"It was oꦆne of my best races, or my best weekends. It was complete, very str🍸ong, very solid,” he explained.
“From practice to the race it was maybe the best of the past year, or maybe ♏ev⭕en in the top five of my career.
“But it 🦩will be completely ♔anonymous, everyone will forget by tomorrow this weekend we had!
“I felt connected with the car. I think P5 [in qualifying] was completely out of position an❀d P6 is completely out of position.
“We are definitely slower than🌸 Red Bull and Ferrari. They꧙ are maybe in another league at the moment. McLaren and Mercedes are faster than us.
“Mercedes experimented with the hꦯard starting tyre. It was a bold strategy. Thanks🐼 to that, we capitalised on the position.
“Osඣcar maybe didn’t ꦑhave the top speed to attack me. But I think P6 was completely unrealistic so I am happy.”
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