Fernando Alonso has his heart set on landing a drive with a top Formula One team in 2018. But despite the fact that he’s performing as good, if not better than he ever has, those teams might not want him.
Alonso’s most likely destinations next year are Mercedes-AMG Petronas and Scuderia Ferrari, or at least, that was the case prior to Thursday. During the Austrian Grand Prix press conference, Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel both were asked whether they want the Spaniard as their teammate next season and neither one said yes.
Hamilton was fairly passive in his answer, simply noting “I’m pretty happy with the teammate …