Fernando Alonso “negotiation tactic” disputed: “He sounded sincere!”

Ahead of this weekend’s season-opening F1 Bahrain Grand Prix, the two-time champion insisted “I need to decide if I want to keep racing”.

Sky Sports’ Karun Chandhok said about Alonso discussing his possible retirement: “I imagine it’s a negotiation tactic.“It’s a nice way to strengthen his negotiating position to say ‘maybe I will get out’.“I imagine he’d be on the phone to Aston because that’s quite a good seat to have.”But Damon Hill interpreted Alonso’s words differently.“He mentioned a few times, last year, which made me think - he was talking about the commitment needed to do this job.

“Twenty-four seasons is strenuous on the drivers and teams so I understand why he might not want to stick around.“If you’ve got a car that seems to have promise, that will 100% play in his mind.

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