The only times Alonso says anything against the team is when he feels hes not being backed and he has said some odd things in the first part of this season which immediately caught my attention. And there are a lot of rumors floating around AM courting Max and also some weird Russell rumors. So it might not be completely baseless. A lot of things are talked about in the paddock that never materialize.
Briatore is there so if Alonso fancy to race few years more just for fun wouldn't be surprise Briatore will welcome him as manager of his to Alpine. But for sure Alonso main aim would be race in 2026 for AM now that Newey is on the team. That's why Croft is a logical speculation if Alonso is out of AM because Father can't suck his son and Verstapen is singing for the team. I doubt Russell would be thinking to change teams specially when the engine would have more importance next year and we know Mercedes what is capable of doing on that area.
Pedro de la Rosa said that Alonso's parents went to Canada and they were with Flavio who is his manager still. So everytime he was seen at Alpine he was just visiting his parents.
there were always gonna be rumors when newey came. alonso talks a lot when his team isnt living up to expectations. most of the time its right after he got out of the car. nothing alonso says can ever be taken as "im going to leave a contract the year before newey starts building cars for me" though. i think we can all agree on that. it would be such a bad look for aston to boot alonso the year that happens too, while keeping lance. max isnt going to force his way into aston to do that. i think hes got more respect than that, and its completely unnecessary. its not promised that its gonna be the best place to go for max to win wdc's quickly. russell is a wild card, but only if max goes to mercedes. i expect max will stay at redbull for 26 and have a clearer view of things when the fog clears in 27peewon wrote: ↑16 Jun 2025, 00:10The only times Alonso says anything against the team is when he feels hes not being backed and he has said some odd things in the first part of this season which immediately caught my attention. And there are a lot of rumors floating around AM courting Max and also some weird Russell rumors. So it might not be completely baseless. A lot of things are talked about in the paddock that never materialize.
Skywalker12 wrote: ↑16 Jun 2025, 09:49Not sure why they didn't pit as soon as they were about to lose position to Hamilton. They waited really long and lost a lot of time, which then dropped them behind all cars that started on hards. If they didn't do that Alonso would have been lot closer to Ham and might even challenged him.
