Liberty asked Red Bull about seat for Alonso
Liberty Media made an enquiry in the summer about whether there might be room at Red Bull's top F1 team for Fernando Alonso.
That is the claim of Dr Helmut Marko, who with tongue in cheek described F1 owner Liberty as the new "Alonso managers" who offered to help the two-time world champion with his comeback.
"We immediately said we have no need for Alonso," the top Red Bull official told Auto Bild.
"It doesn't work because of our engine partner Honda either," Marko added. "They get a headache even if they hear the name Alonso."
However, Red Bull's current driver lineup is Max Verstappen and Alexander Albon, and Marko admits that the team could lose Verstappen after 2020.
"We have to give Max a car in 2020 with which he can become world champion. Otherwise he will be gone," said the Austrian.
"Right now things are really going on behind the scenes. It will be decisive weeks," Marko added.
Meanwhile, a return for Alonso to his former team McLaren also appears unlikely.
"We are convinced that both of our current drivers have the potential to become world champions," team supremo Zak Brown, referring to Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris, told Auto Motor und Sport.
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How many times must ALO be told that he will not drive anything associated with Honda. He burned that bridge.
Supporters of Alonso are single-mindedly wedded to Alonso's driving talents. In avery other respect the man is unmanageable, an unmitigated disaster. F-1 cockpits are so restrictively tight, and the man is got an ego bigger than Atlanta Airport. He just doesn't get it.
I am a great fan of Alonso but I believe his days for F1 is over. I rate him as one of the best F1 drivers ever, pity that his last few years in F1 did "not work out". I wish him well with his future motorsport decisions.
it's nice to know that Liberty doesn't show favoritism to any particular driver(s)....but too bad, because we DON'T know that. I'm afraid that now we know the opposite.
El que diga que Alonso no tiene sitio para pilotar un formula 1 . Esque no tiene ni puta idea , ni a visto carreras ,