Formula 1 commentator Mark Gallagher feels that Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin move and the entire process around it was a strong reminder of how brutal Formula 1 contracts can get.
Alonso’s move to Aston Martin came as a surprise shortly after Sebastian Vettel announced his retirement from the sport. The move caught everyone by surprise as the Spaniard had claimed all season that he wanted to stay with Alpine.
In a recent appearance on the GP Racing podcast, Mark Gallagher spoke about how ensuring the future of a driver is a key role for a team manager. Hey said:
“It’s about ensuring the longevity of drivers’ careers, it’s about maximizing the income from that because you don’t know how long your career will last. And therefore, if you can put another 10, 15, 20 million in – that’s going to make a big difference in your life later on. And also for your kids.”
He added:
“You are talking about drivers now earning the kind of money that secures not only their lives, but the generations that follow them if they’re lucky enough to have kids. So the reality is, there’s a lot on that business side that has got nothing to do with the niceties of the human relationships in teams. I think what’s happened this summer is we’ve had a stark reminder that that brutal world hasn’t disappeared.”
Alonso: Samozřejmě bych chtěl mit auto, se kterým bych mohl bojovat o titul, alenení tam pro mě místo. Z toho, co tam bylo volné, je Aston Martin jedním z těch, kteří toho mohou dosáhnout za dva až tři roky.
Alonso: Samozřejmě bych chtěl mít auto, se kterým bych mohl bojovat o titul, alenení tam pro mě místo. Z toho, co tam bylo volné, je Aston Martin jedním z těch, kteří toho mohou dosáhnout za dva až tři roky .https://t.co/EOEHfXHloY
Gallagher stated that even though there has been a slight softening of expectations recently, the situation is still quite cutthroat as Fernando Alonso showed. Hey said:
“I think there’s been a slight softening of expectations around the driver market in recent years, because it’s been relatively stable and the moves have been quite well-planned. There’s been a lot of long-term driver contracts put in place, if we think about Charles Leclerc and Max Verstappen. So, essentially, we’ve had a lot of stability – this summer has been a strong reminder that it’s still a cut-throat environment.”
Fernando Alonso played a blinder with the Aston Martin move, believes Mark Gallagher
Alonso ha reconocido que le gustaría estar en uno de los grandes equipos”Por supuesto, me gustaría tener un coche con el que poder competir por el título, pero allí no hay sitio para mí. Por lo que había, Aston Martin es uno de los que puede lograr eso en dos, tres años”. https://t.co/dVWKk4uaN1
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