Fernando Alonso has revealed that he expects to decide on his Formula 1 future after the August summer break, weighing whether to extend his record-breaking career into a 24th season in 2027.
The two-time world champion, who turns 45 in July, is in the final year of his Aston Martin contract after joining the team from Alpine in 2023. Despite Aston Martin and engine supplier Honda’s difficult start to F1’s new era of regulations this year, Alonso recently admitted, “At the moment, I don’t feel it’s that time yet” to end his top-level motorsport career.
Image: Fernando Alonso’s Aston Martin contract expires at the end of this season
Asked at the Miami Grand Prix about the timeline for his decision, Alonso said: “Sometime in the summer, I need to make a decision. At the moment I didn’t sit with myself to think about that. I never thought about it in a deep way and I need to speak with my family as well. I need to speak with my people first and decide what to do next year. I’m very relaxed about it. If I continue racing, I think it will be a better season than this one with the project in year two. If I stop racing, I know that I will race in other series.”
He added: “I’m open to everything. Until probably after the summer break I will not really sit down with the team and make the decision. We need to see also how the car improves and how we see things into next year. I am also linked with this team, with this project. I want to succeed here behind the wheel or not being the wheel. You will see me in the paddock even if I stop racing.”
Despite the team’s current struggles, Alonso continues to prove Aston Martin’s lead driver on track, outqualifying teammate Lance Stroll for 40 consecutive Grands Prix. He is optimistic that if he decides to race on, team bosses will be eager to keep him. “You cannot be 100% sure about it but I’m performing I think well enough to show the team that I can give them the results if the car is competitive,” he said. “I’m helping the team as much as I can. I think it could be more up to me.”
Onboard footage from the Chinese GP shows Alonso forced to let go of the steering wheel due to vibrations.
Highlights from the 2026 Miami Grand Prix.
## Will Fatherhood Impact Alonso’s Decision?
Alonso became a father in March when he and partner Melissa Jimenez welcomed their first child, a boy. The cancellation of April’s Middle East Grands Prix allowed him extra time at home during his son’s first weeks. Asked by Sky Sports in Miami whether fatherhood had changed his thinking, he said: “I have some thoughts, I cannot lie. It does change the way you see life. I have to say that it is going in the other direction. I want to race so he sees me racing. But until he is aware of things, maybe it’s a couple of years and I don’t want to race four or five years again! I was thinking, if I race one or two more years, if he will have any memory or any understanding of what is going on at the paddock and things like that? I would like not to stop before he is in the paddock, or he sits in my car, and this kind of thing. They are moments you will remember all your life, so it does change [your thinking] to be a father.”
## Alonso’s F1 Career – So Far
Seasons raced: 23 | Race starts: 429 | World titles: 2 | Wins: 32 | Pole positions: 22 | Podiums:
