On Monday morning after the Hungarian Grand Prix, Martin Brundle’s message on WhatsApp simply read “wow”. Fernando Alonso had signed for Aston Martin for 2023. In a media session over the weekend drivers had been asked about the future and Alonso was among those to say “happy where we are”. His decision will have shocked Alpine, as it did everyone, because the team expected him to stay.
Since his Formula 1 comeback we have seen the very best of Fernando Alonso. He was an angry,41 – and he’s still driving as well as anyone. The wet practice at Hungary was proof of that. Everyone was complaining they couldn’t get heat in their tyres, but he knew how to generate that temperature.
