Fernando Alonso has conceded that this weekend’s Barcelona-Catalunya Grand Prix will possible mark his ultimate Method 1 race on the circuit.
Talking in the course of the drivers’ press convention, the 44-year-old acknowledged his followers’ unwavering assist whereas additionally dropping a touch relating to his retirement.
“It will be a particular weekend, most likely my final Barcelona race in Method 1,” he mentioned.
“So, I need to say because of everybody. I’ll attempt to benefit from the weekend. I cannot be aggressive and I cannot be too lengthy within the automotive in qualifying, and within the race, hopefully sure, however not on the tempo that all of us need. However I need everybody to nonetheless benefit from the weekend.
“It has at all times been a celebration after they come to Barcelona. I feel it is my twenty third Spanish Grand Prix, and all of them have been magical. And this final must be magical as effectively.”
When requested if it was tough to consider this as his final race in Barcelona, the Spaniard defined that the toughest half was not being aggressive. Alonso picked up Aston Martin’s first level of the 2026 season with a Tenth-place end on the Monaco Grand Prix.
The Silverstone outfit has confronted main points throughout 2026, regardless of its new energy unit partnership with Honda and its automotive being the primary designed beneath the management of Adrian Newey.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing
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“No, I imply, it is not exhausting. For me, the toughest factor is to not win races and to not be aggressive. If it is the final or not the final, it is not affecting an excessive amount of,” Alonso added.
“I am at peace with my profession and with my life, and if something comes now, welcome. If it does not come, it is not going to change my feeling. I achieved much more than I ever dreamt once I was a child, or I used to be right here, as we mentioned once more, my first check right here or my go-kart expertise once I was racing in Spain. I by no means dreamt to be a Method 1 driver after which race for the perfect groups within the paddock and keep for a really very long time.
“So, all the things is a plus. It’s a plus now. I am not as aggressive as all of us need to be within the workforce now, and that is most likely the largest ache that we undergo each weekend. However when it comes to private feeling, it is not too exhausting, or it is not something.”
Alonso has not formally introduced his retirement but, and with no Barcelona race in 2027, it’s nonetheless unclear as as to if he could retire on the finish of this season or subsequent.
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