We haven’t decided our driver lineup.”Īlonso is teammates with Lance Stroll, the son of team owner Lawrence Stroll. “I am sure if he was driving with the same energy and commitment and skill and speed in 2026, we’d be delighted to have it in the team. I think he’s developed not only as a driver, but in his thinking about being a team member, since that time. “I think this stems from something Fernando said in the heat of the battle a few years ago, which was regrettable,” Whitmarsh said. Martin Whitmarsh, group CEO of Aston Martin Performance Technologies, quickly noted that Alonso’s criticism eight years ago was during a race and should be long forgotten. But should he be selected, we will work with him.” And of course it is up to the team to decide the drivers. Alonso is a very outstanding driver and as far as Honda, we respect him. “Since then, we have teamed up with Red Bull and we were able to win the world championship title.

“When it comes to Alonso, there were times in the past where we did have difficulties,” Watanabe said through a translator. But if Alonso is still driving three seasons from now, Koji Watanabe said Honda would work with the driver. Alonso so badly angered Honda that it refused to work with him as a McLaren entrant in the Indianapolis 500.

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