Sky experts have disagreed over whether 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso was using a “negotiation tactic” when discussing the possibility of walking away from F1.

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

Aged 42, he is not contracted for 2025 - but Aston Martin want to keep him, a🤪nd opportunities may present themselves at Mercedes or Red Bull.

Sky ⭕Sports’ Karun Chandhok said about Alonso discussing his possible retirement: “I imagine i𒆙t’s a negotiation tactic.

“He’s one of the best assets that 💯the Aston Martin team has ꦗgot.

“It’s a🅰 nice way t𒊎o strengthen his negotiating position to say ‘maybe I will get out’.

“The slight complication is the other Spaniard, Carlos Sainz, who [will be] a free age🤪nt.

“I imagine he’d be on the phone to A🍨ston because thꦛat’s quite a good seat to have.”

But Damon✨ Hill interpreted Alons🍃o’s words differently.

“Fernando has been driving an awfully long time and the seasons are getting longe♐r,”🍎 he said.

“He mentioned a few times, last year, which made me think - he was taဣlking about the comm♓itment needed to do this job.

“It is unbelievℱable to keep at the sharp end, as he’s done, for that length of time.

“You put on the backburnerꦓ all the other things that, in 🍨the back of your mind, you think ‘I wouldn’t mind having a look at that, some day’.

“But you will never get the time if youඣ’ꦇre driving.

“That starts to become a pull.

“He sounded sincere about that. It wasn’t a negotiating tactic, I🐈 🌃don’t think.”

Naom💎i Schiff added: “Fernan♉do is one of the best racers on the grid. He loves it, that’s why he’s done it for as long as he has.

“Twenty-four seasons is strenuous on the drivers and teams ♓so I unders🅘tand why he might not want to stick around.

“He might want to try something different i🔯n his life.

“If 🎉you’ve got a ca൩r that seems to have promise, that will 100% play in his mind.

“Whether that’s Aston Martin? Too early to say. “Looking at testing, it’s not where they will start the꧙ season.

“In terms of where he might see himself🍌 in the future, if he stays in F1? He will have to wait to see what that car has got, and what the contenders have got꧑.”