Fernando Alonso Talks Retirement As The Oldest Driver On The Grid

The Aston Martin driver discusses being the oldest driver on the F1 grid.

Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso has squashed rumours that retirement might be on his mind as the oldest driver on the F1 grid at 41 years old. The Spanish driver spoke during the drivers' press conference ahead of the Bahrain Grand Prix saying that he has "no concerns on age yet."

The two-time champion was asked by Sky Sports F1 reporter and commentator David Croft if knowing he has been racing in the sport since before Oscar Piastri was born makes him feel old or privileged. Alonso replied to say he definitely feels privileged to be racing for that long and added:

"I have no concerns on age yet.

"I will be the first one to feel it when I lose something, when I miss something while driving or not being motivated to travel or to wake up in the morning and train or just come here for testing like last weekend.

"So far, I only see advantages because I know this track in many different conditions. I know the car I know the tyres.

"As I said before, some of the circuits that we will drive this year I've been driving already in the past, so I don't see this advantage. 

When asked if changing teams gives him fresh motivation, Alonso responded:

"Yes, [in some] ways because you you meet new people, new philosophy of racing, how they approach the weekends and the car design and so on.

"But at the same time, it gives you an extra challenge for sure when you have to learn everything from from zero and make the new seat all these things that normally if you stay with the same team, winters are a little bit more relaxed."