Fernando Alonso’s “mental will” to fight for title, aged 45, to be tested

"Adrian said it’s about mental will"

Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso

Fernando Alonso must overcome the “mental wi♑ll” to win another F1 championship, it has been suggested.

Aston Martin’s Alonso will benefit from working🧔 alongside Adrian Newey f♒or the last chapter in his Formula 1 career.

Now aged 43, Alonso suddenly has hope to add🍸 to the two titles he won with🌠 Renault.

He is contracted to Aston Martin u𝄹ntil the end of 2026, the first season where he will be equipped ℱby a car fully-designed by the incoming Newey.

“Anything🦹 is possible,” Sꦆky Sports’ Ted Kravitz commented.

“Alonso will be 44 when Adrian starts to have his first influence. He will be 45 years old when he drives the first Neweyཧ car an🔥d goes for the championship.

“I asked Newey about this. Adrian said it’s about mental will. If you’re still quick enough, but the mental fatigue goes. Yo♛u don’t want to do it anymore.

“If Feꦛrnando can buck that, and wants to keep going, then there’s no reason whyꦇ he shouldn’t be able to.

“Fernando going for a third championship at 45 years old? There’s nothing to say he won’t get the missing 33rd win in 2025 with a Newey-influence♍d car.”

Newey and Alonso have each spoken about their desire to 🌼work together over the years.

Their paths almost crossed at Red Bull but, ไdespite talks, Alonso opted against joining the project w🐻hich would later deliver titles for Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen.

“Paul Monaghan, at Red Bull, was Alonso’s race enginee♛r at Renault,” Kravitz remembered.

“He was one of the key people who tried tไo convince Fernando to come to Red Bull in 2009.

“He was quite c𓆏l🌌ose but, in the end, it didn’t happen.”

Alonso will have his dream a🌸ccomplice in Newey, beginning in March.

But he must defy the age barrier to fully take advantage of Newey’s car-designing geni♛us.

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