{"id":1522692,"date":"2022-08-02T10:58:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/?p=1522692"},"modified":"2022-08-02T10:58:27","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T14:58:27","slug":"fernando-alonso-gives-formula-1-tyler-reddick-moment-but-much-more-perplexing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/fernando-alonso-gives-formula-1-tyler-reddick-moment-but-much-more-perplexing\/","title":{"rendered":"Fernando Alonso Gives Formula 1 Its Tyler Reddick Moment, but Much More Perplexing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We hardly know where to begin regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/how-fernando-alonso-f1s-oldest-driver-keeping-up-with-younger-peers-newfangled-technology\/\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> jumping to Aston Martin next season. It\u2019s not every day that a <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/formula-1\">Formula 1<\/a> team lines up a two-time World Drivers\u2019 Champion to replace a four-time winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So many aspects of the development boggle the mind that it makes the out-of-the-blue Tyler Reddick leap to 23XI Racing in NASCAR look like child\u2019s play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In no particular order, here are some of the reasons Alonso\u2019s planned 2023 move is a jaw-dropper:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-fernando-alonso-turned-down-the-same-deal-before-this-season\"><strong>Fernando Alonso turned down the same deal before this season<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"901\" src=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fernando-Alonso.jpg?w=925&#038;strip=all&#038;quality=89\" alt=\"Fernando Alonso of Spain and Alpine Formula 1 walks in the Paddock during previews ahead of the Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 28, 2022. | Dan Mullan\/Getty Images\" class=\"wp-image-1522693\" \/><figcaption>Fernando Alonso of Spain and Alpine Formula 1 walks in the Paddock during previews ahead of the Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on July 28, 2022. | Dan Mullan\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If signing on with Aston Martin is such a no-brainer for Fernando Alonso, then why didn\u2019t he do it a year ago? <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/sebastian-vettel-lawrence-stroll-unleash-big-formula-1-plans-lift-aston-martin-james-bond-style\/\">Sebastian Vettel<\/a> left Scuderia Ferrari after the disastrous 2020 season and landed at Aston Martin, where neither party came away satisfied with his single podium finish last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aston Martin boss Lawrence Stroll reportedly offered the seat to Alonso, who wanted back in after leaving F1 for two seasons to try his hand at other racing series. Instead, Alonso accepted Alpine\u2019s offer of $20 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alpine\u2019s Esteban Ocon and Alonso are eighth and 10<sup>th<\/sup>, respectively, in the driver standings. All things considered that\u2019s not bad. However, it occurred to the Alpine executive suite that Alonso is 41 years old, and one of the ongoing F1 storylines is that the team wants to give Oscar Piastri his shot soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ocon is young and drives for a quarter of what Alpine pays his teammate, so Alonso sees the writing on the wall and is settling for job security. Being teamed with the owner\u2019s son on an inferior team presumably won\u2019t bother him as long as the checks don\u2019t bounce and he can drive for at least two more years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Fernando Alonso for Sebastian Vettel is a trade of past champions<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Fernando Alonso will join Aston Martin from 2023 on a multi-year contract <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/F1?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#F1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dfwktaMk6F\">pic.twitter.com\/dfwktaMk6F<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Formula 1 (@F1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/F1\/status\/1554016880637235202?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 1, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/why-is-sebastian-vettel-retiring-from-formula-1-with-4-championships\/\">Sebastian Vettel pulled a surprise<\/a> before last weekend\u2019s Hungarian Grand Prix by announcing he will be leaving Formula 1 at the end of the season. Vettel, 35, came to Aston Martin hoping to recapture past magic, but the equipment hasn\u2019t been as good as his driving skills. He\u2019s buried in 14<sup>th<\/sup> place with no real prospect of climbing higher than 11<sup>th<\/sup> by season\u2019s end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What we\u2019ll see at the end of the year is one former champion passing the torch to another. Vettel won four straight World Drivers\u2019 Championships with Red Bull beginning in 2010. He managed a pair of second-place showings in six seasons at Ferrari that followed, but that satisfied neither party.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alonso won his two championships with Renault in 2005-06 and posted second-place finishes of his own with Ferrari during Vettel\u2019s final two title seasons. Five ineffective seasons with McLaren convinced him to try something new, but he came back to Formula 1 last season with Alpine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The final straw at Alpine<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alpine only found out about Fernando Alonso&#39;s decision to join Aston Martin from the press release yesterday \ud83d\ude32 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/5STB0bNJlx\">pic.twitter.com\/5STB0bNJlx<\/a><\/p>&mdash; ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ESPNF1\/status\/1554447949521993728?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The incessant speculation about Oscar Piastri being the heir to his seat finally took its toll on Fernando Alonso, prompting him to align with Aston Martin next season. The relationship with Alpine apparently deteriorated to the point that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.autosport.com\/f1\/news\/alpine-only-learned-alonso-had-joined-aston-martin-f1-in-press-release\/10347633\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Autosport<\/a> reported team principal Otmar Szafnauer didn\u2019t know what just transpired until he read the Aston Martin press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until then, Szafnauer had been in discussions with Alonso about a new contract while knowing that Aston Martin had entered picture. The stumbling block was the 2024 option; Alonso wanted a firm two-year deal so that he no longer had to look over his shoulder for Piastri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Szafnauer balked, and now he has a fresh problem: Piastri apparently committed to join the McLaren organization because Alpine\u2019s contract talks with Alonso convinced him that he might have to drive for the Williams team for a year or longer before getting Alonso\u2019s car.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/Now,%20https:\/www.motorsport.com\/f1\/news\/alpine-says-piastri-cant-leave-for-mclaren\/10347657\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Motorsport<\/a>, the fight is on between McLaren and Alpine over who has the valid 2023 deal with Piastri, who won Formula 3 in 2020 and Formula 2 last season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Financial data courtesy of <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/\"><em>Spotrac.com<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Like <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sports7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Sports7<\/em><\/a><em> on Facebook. Follow us on Twitter <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sports719\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>@sports719<\/em><\/a><em> and subscribe to our <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCqNJKuz5yhk6Ct2ah22Ny6A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>YouTube channel<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Got a question or observation about racing? Sports7\u2019s John Moriello does a mailbag column each Friday. Write to him at JohnM@Sports7.com.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RELATED: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/fernando-alonso-absolutely-sending-it-formula-1-hits-track-abu-dhabi-grand-prix\/\">Fernando Alonso Absolutely Sending It is a Thing of Beauty as Formula 1 Hits The Track Ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian Vettel's seat isn't even cold yet but Fernando Alonso is jumping to Aston Martin to fill it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":1522693,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[253796],"tags":[118377],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v22.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Fernando Alonso Gives Formula 1 Its Tyler Reddick Moment, but Much More Perplexing - Sports7<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/fernando-alonso-gives-formula-1-tyler-reddick-moment-but-much-more-perplexing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fernando Alonso Gives Formula 1 Its Tyler Reddick Moment, but Much More Perplexing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Sebastian Vettel&#039;s seat isn&#039;t even cold yet but Fernando Alonso is jumping to Aston Martin to fill it.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/fernando-alonso-gives-formula-1-tyler-reddick-moment-but-much-more-perplexing\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Sports7\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-08-02T14:58:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-08-02T14:58:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Fernando-Alonso.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"901\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@Sports7J\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"John Moriello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/fernando-alonso-gives-formula-1-tyler-reddick-moment-but-much-more-perplexing\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/sports7.us\/news\/fernando-alonso-gives-formula-1-tyler-reddick-moment-but-much-more-perplexing\/\",\"name\":\"Fernando Alonso Gives Formula 1 Its Tyler Reddick Moment, but Much More Perplexing - 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