Fernando Alonso will not be making an announcement regarding his potential retirement this week ahead of his home Spanish Grand Prix. 

The 45-year-old two-time F1 champion is weighing up his future over whether to extend his career into a record-breaking 24th season in 2027, or to call it quits at the end of what has been a disappointing campaign with Aston Martin. 

Alonso has just three points to his name after 13 races, his lowest yield after that number of races since he went point-less in his 2001 debut season with Minardi, and retired from Sunday’s Italian GP with car damage after a strike at the second Lesmo corner.

Drivers usually announce big news such as their impending retirement at their home grand prix, with Alonso set to take part in his 23rd Spanish GP this weekend at the new Madring circuit in Madrid. 

When asked after the Italian GP if there were any announcements planned by him for during the week, Alonso had a simple response. 

“No,” he told media, including RacingNews365. 

Then, looking ahead to the new track, Alonso felt there might be some opportunities for the team, in what is set to be a non-power dominated circuit. 

“Looking forward, I think from the remaining races, we know that there are weekends that we will struggle and weekends that will be better,” he said. 

“Maybe the next one is one of the opportunities.”

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Fernando Alonso retirement decision

Alonso’s hopes come after a tricky weekend at Monza for the Aston Martin-Honda team where the lack of pure power from the engine was apparent, with both cars of Alonso and Lance Stroll last on pure pace in qualifying.

Alonso then started from the pit-lane as the AMR26s struggled for speed, with Alonso remarking on this post-qualifying. 

“We enter the track and we read ‘Temple of Speed’,” Alonso said, referring to Monza’s moniker as the fastest F1 track. 

“It’s not anymore the ‘Temple of Speed’, you know. I think we reached 350kph or 360kph in Barcelona, 355 in Budapest, and I think we are around 312kph, in Monza.

“So it’s not anymore the ‘Temple of Speed.'”