Honda, Orihara: “Alonso trusts us. We want to win the championship with him”

Alonso decides his future

Fernando Alonso will take advantage of the summer break to announce his decision about his future. The newly 45-year-old, according to the latest rumors, seems further away from Alpine and must choose whether to retire or stay with Aston Martin.

The Silverstone team knew well that the updates from Hungary would play an important role: the encouraging results from the Hungaroring and the introduction of the new power unit enhanced with the ADUO in the following filming day are undoubtedly positive signs that could lead Alonso to continue his adventure with Aston Martin also in the 2027 season.

Orihara’s words about Alonso

There are good feelings at Honda about Alonso’s possible stay. The head of engineers at the Japanese manufacturer highlighted the passion and dedication that the Spaniard has always shown even in a very tough first part of the season: “Fernando has enormous experience, his feedback is always fundamental,” these were the words to RacingNews365. “So, if Fernando gives us a technical indication, we must respect his opinion.”

“After every session we always have a briefing, but Fernando has great motivation and passion to improve the car’s performance,” he added. “He makes many requests and we always respect his opinion. We are very interested in listening to and considering his comments. This is a great advantage in working with Fernando. He has enormous motivation to improve the car’s performance. Our goal is to win the championship with him, we are working closely and we know he is a great driver. He has great passion and trusts Honda, we want to offer him what he desires.”

Honda’s ambition undoubtedly aligns with that of the two-time world champion, team owner Lawrence Stroll, and designer Adrian Newey, who absolutely wants to make up for the AMR26 flop by laying the foundations for a more competitive 2027. The Brit took responsibility for the failure, but Honda must also provide a concrete response by supplying a top-level power unit to Alonso.

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