Alonso takes Vettel's place in the Aston Martin racing team

"We are happy to confirm that the Fernando Alonso twice champion will join the team from the next season according to a long -term contract," Aston Martin announced on Twitter today 1/8.

On July 28, Vettel announced his retirement, which means his position at Aston Martin needs a replacement from the next season. Alonso, 41 years old, is still considered a quality choice for the British racing team.

Earlier, Alonso complained about the ambition of the current racing team Alpine. His contract will expire at the end of the year and the Spanish racer said it would decide the future after the summer vacation at the end of August. On July 31, the Alpine Otmar Szafnauer Leader is confident that Alonso will stay next year. .

"Aston Martin is clearly being relayed and has a desire to win," Alonso said. "This is one of the best F1 teams now. They attract talented people and have good facilities at Silverstone."

The Spanish racer also said that he still kept his relationship with the owner Aston Martin - billionaire Lawrence Stroll - with his son Lance Stroll, who holds one of the two main races of the team. Alonso has twice won the F1 in 2005 and 2006 in the color of the Renault shirt - the predecessor of Alpine. He left F1 in 2018 to play other racing tournaments but returned to Alpine three years later.

Aston Martin returned to F1 after 61 years of absence in season 2021. The push was created when Lawrence bought 16.7% of the car company's shares in 2020. Two years earlier, the Canadian billionaire took control of the Racing Point team. . In the 2019 and 2020 seasons, the predecessor team is Force India, consecutive seventh, a achievement considered to be impressive compared to their potential.