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F1's Fernando Alonso signs another year with McLaren
21/10/2017
FORMULA 1 twice-world champion Fernando Alonso will remain with McLaren for another season at least, the British-based team has confirmed.
Alonso, originally from Oviedo (Asturias), says it will be 'fantastic' to 'carry on his relationship' with McLaren, and says the decision to stay with the squad 'came from the heart'.
“It's always been my heart which told me where I should be, and I feel at home here,” confessed the Spaniard.
“This is a fantastic team with incredible people, and I'm very happy to be racing here.
“Equally importantly, McLaren has the necessary technical resources and financial muscle to win races and world championships very quickly in Formula 1.
“Even though the last few years have not been easy, we haven't forgotten how to win and I think we can achieve that again very soon.”
Alonso, 36, who has not won a race in several seasons – albeit not for want of trying, given that he works extremely hard and is generally let down by his poorly-performing car – says these three years of setbacks have given McLaren the 'impulse it needs to plan and to build a better future', which the racing driver says is 'a journey he is looking forward to embarking on'.
“I'm excited about our future together and I'm working extremely hard to try to make it a success, concludes Alonso, who was previously signed up with Ferrari before moving to McLaren.
He has won 32 Formula 1 races in his career, the sixth-best result in history, and next season will be his 17th in the top-level category in motor racing.
Alonso is hoping that, following the recent deal with Rénault to provide engines for the team based in Woking, Surrey, after three years of under-performing Honda engines, he will finally have a competitive car to give him a chance at the 2018 world championship title.
Paddock gossip was already pointing at Alonso continuing with McLaren another season, and videos released by the team hinted at this – other members, including Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne and team leader Eric Boullier were seen on the footage practising their Spanish, whilst Alonso was heard to say: “We'll see each other again next year.”
The Asturias-born racer started in Formula 1 in 2001 with team Minardi as a test-driver, then moved to Rénault in 2003, with whom he won his first race, in Hungary.
He won his first world championship in 2005 and successfully defended it the following year.
Alonso transferred to McLaren in 2007 where he worked alongside the then rookie racer Lewis Hamilton – with whom his relationship was described as 'patently' having 'room for improvement'.
The Oviedo ace returned to Rénault for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, then went to Ferrari, where he remained for five years with limited success near the end, prompting his move to McLaren in 2015.
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FORMULA 1 twice-world champion Fernando Alonso will remain with McLaren for another season at least, the British-based team has confirmed.
Alonso, originally from Oviedo (Asturias), says it will be 'fantastic' to 'carry on his relationship' with McLaren, and says the decision to stay with the squad 'came from the heart'.
“It's always been my heart which told me where I should be, and I feel at home here,” confessed the Spaniard.
“This is a fantastic team with incredible people, and I'm very happy to be racing here.
“Equally importantly, McLaren has the necessary technical resources and financial muscle to win races and world championships very quickly in Formula 1.
“Even though the last few years have not been easy, we haven't forgotten how to win and I think we can achieve that again very soon.”
Alonso, 36, who has not won a race in several seasons – albeit not for want of trying, given that he works extremely hard and is generally let down by his poorly-performing car – says these three years of setbacks have given McLaren the 'impulse it needs to plan and to build a better future', which the racing driver says is 'a journey he is looking forward to embarking on'.
“I'm excited about our future together and I'm working extremely hard to try to make it a success, concludes Alonso, who was previously signed up with Ferrari before moving to McLaren.
He has won 32 Formula 1 races in his career, the sixth-best result in history, and next season will be his 17th in the top-level category in motor racing.
Alonso is hoping that, following the recent deal with Rénault to provide engines for the team based in Woking, Surrey, after three years of under-performing Honda engines, he will finally have a competitive car to give him a chance at the 2018 world championship title.
Paddock gossip was already pointing at Alonso continuing with McLaren another season, and videos released by the team hinted at this – other members, including Belgian driver Stoffel Vandoorne and team leader Eric Boullier were seen on the footage practising their Spanish, whilst Alonso was heard to say: “We'll see each other again next year.”
The Asturias-born racer started in Formula 1 in 2001 with team Minardi as a test-driver, then moved to Rénault in 2003, with whom he won his first race, in Hungary.
He won his first world championship in 2005 and successfully defended it the following year.
Alonso transferred to McLaren in 2007 where he worked alongside the then rookie racer Lewis Hamilton – with whom his relationship was described as 'patently' having 'room for improvement'.
The Oviedo ace returned to Rénault for the 2008 and 2009 seasons, then went to Ferrari, where he remained for five years with limited success near the end, prompting his move to McLaren in 2015.
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