There is a question that many Alonsistas continue to ask themselves despite the fact that, as the months go by, the answers take shape despite not yet having solid arguments: in July 2022, seeing a Alpine up and a Aston Martin stagnant, why did Fernando Alonso decide to change Enstone for Silverstone?
At first there was a lot of talk about the conditions and duration of the contract, but the two-time world champion in Formula 1 he never stitches without a thread and the hard work of the team was able to decide his decision.
This is how he has revealed it Mike Krackhead of Aston Martin, when asked in an interview in ‘Ace’ what differentiates the green team from the blue.
“You should ask Fernando. The green team stands out because we are expanding, we are very serious about our ambitions. It’s not just wordswe are building a new headquarters, a new wind tunnel, we have signed a lot of very good people”, he responded in this regard.
In fact, Krack leaves Alpine a message for talking too much: “Because we take it more seriously. Our ambitions are credible. No one on the grid has made the investments to achieve it. There are teams that say yes, that in three years they will be winning, that in a hundred races they will be winning (an allusion to Alpine’s plan), but what are they doing to win?”
That is why Alonso was clear about his decision: “With the factory, the wind tunnel, the new simulators, we are serious, there is a huge investment behind it. That is why Fernando was clear about it so quickly, in fact we didn’t even have to convince him, he already knew it. He has his contacts everywhere. We are credible, we are not just talking, we are acting.”
Of course, going seriously and investing a lot of money does not ensure an immediate victory: “We have never said that we are going to win, we have never said that we are going to be world champions. We are trying to progress, we want to be there in a couple of years, but We have not said that we are going to win by having Fernando. We have to give him the right tools to win.”.
