Alonso hints at retirement, reflecting on what may be his “last Barcelona race in Formula 1”
- Mia Wallace
- 5 hours ago
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Written by Mia Wallace
Home race favourite Fernando Alonso has just dropped a major hint about his future in Formula One ahead of the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix.
The drivers are straight back into business this weekend at the Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix, a home race for Aston Martin’s Alonso. Ideally, optimism would be running high for the Silverstone-based team, as Alonso brought the team its first point of what has been a largely disappointing season.
Instead, the veteran Alonso admits that the circumstances of the point score in Monaco may have overshadowed the success.
“We didn’t deserve the point probably in terms of pure pace,” he said.
“Will be difficult to score this year; to grab any point, you need some help from the cars in front.”
Alonso is referring to the fact that the point was awarded to the team following a post-race penalty for Cadillac’s Sergio Pérez, taking away his tenth place, and granting it to Alonso.
However, it was not just Pérez’s penalty that put Alonso in place for a point. There were also a handful of DNFs and a large onslaught of penalties handed out to the majority of the grid during the Monaco Grand Prix.
So really, a combination of factors led to the tenth-place finish, factors that it seems Alonso does not include car performance in.
Alonso is a home favourite around the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya circuit, yet he delivered a slightly daunting message to his fans ahead of the race weekend.
"It's going to be a special weekend, probably my last Barcelona race in Formula 1, so thanks to everyone,” he said.
“I will not be competitive, and I will not be long in Q1, but hopefully everyone can enjoy the weekend. I think it is my 23rd here, the fans have always been magical."
For context, the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya is on a rotational cycle with the Grand Prix at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, meaning that F1 will not race here again until 2028. This likely means that Alonso does not plan on remaining in the sport past 2027.
Expanding on the topic and reflecting on his career in F1, Alonso concluded that:
"For me, the hardest thing is to not win races and not be competitive. If this is the last or not is not affecting too much, I am at peace with my career. I achieved a lot more than I ever dreamt when I was a kid."
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