The effervescent and evergreen Spaniard, Fernando Alonso, is not leaving Formula 1 anytime soon. The 41-year-old has been showcasing excellent pace for Alpine in the current season. The best example of that was his qualifying performance at the Canadian GP because of which he secured a front row.
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Because of his incredible pace for the French team, the Spaniard was set for a contract extension. However, the two-time world champion shocked the world of F1 and decided to switch teams. Alonso will be an Aston Martin driver from 2023 onwards. Aston Martin currently sits ninth, compared to Alpine in fourth, in the constructorsā standings.
A confusing decision and a step down for most, but most donāt know or arenāt aware of Aston Martinās project for the 2023 season. Aston Martin is building a state-of-the-art and future-ready headquarters. The headquarters will be equipped for manufacturing and engineering and will feature a wind tunnel as well.
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Formula One F1 ā Spanish Grand Prix ā Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain ā May 20, 2022 Alpineās Fernando Alonso during a press conference REUTERS/Nacho Doce
Apart from the infrastructure, the British car manufacturer also has an incredible team to utilize the facility. The head of this team is the talented British engineer Dan Fallows. Follows, formally of Red Bull, is an aerodynamicist and the technical director at Aston Martin. At Red Bull, Fallows saw the incredible championship-winning era from 2010 to 2013 and led the team into the hybrid era.
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After spending a decade at the Milton-Keynes outfit, Fallows moved to Aston Martin for the 2022 season. The first season has not gone according to plan as the team plays catch-up at the back of the grid. However, Fallowsā recent tweet is causing quite a stir in the F1 fandom.
Dan Fallowsā tweet might explain why Fernando Alonso joined Aston Martin
The tweet that is generating all the hype around Aston Martin is a throwback picture of Fallows himself and a former Red Bull partnership. The partnership features world champion Max Verstappen and Daniel Ricciardo as teammates on the podium with Fallows. Fallows captioned the photos, ā2017 throwback. More of these to come but in a different colour scheme.ā
Dan Fallows is the one who is responsable for designing the 2023 AM car and this is what he tweeted. Sabes cosas? #LaMision
The Brit will oversee the production of the 2023 Aston Martin car and itās his expertise that coupled with the tweet that is giving fans hope.
Aston Martin mean business and hopefully Alonso reaps the rewards in the same way Hamilton did when he moved to Mercedes from McLaren, nobody understood that move.
They will have new wind tunnel and stuff plus Dan fallows as head of aero so I have more confidence
Now Alonsoās move to a team that is currently doing poorly makes a lot more sense to the fans as well. It will be interesting to see if this partnership is a masterstroke or a hit and a miss for Aston Martin next season.
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