Renault F1 Team director Cyril Abiteboul has assured that the signing of Fernando Alonso is "an option" to complete his team next season, although they have other possibilities, but he has announced that they will take their time to make the "decision correct "and that" probably "the project is for" several years ".
"There could be many pilots. There are great pilots that will be available next year. The one you mentioned -Alonso- is an option. There are others," he said in an interview with the French radio station RMC about the possibility that the Asturian will replace the Australian Daniel Ricciardo , who has signed for McLaren, and runs alongside the French Esteban Ocon .
Furthermore, Abiteboul acknowledged that the chosen pilot will "probably" be hired for a "multi-year" project. "The only thing I can say is that we will take the time to reflect. It is an extremely important decision. We did not want to get into these kinds of announcements that have been made by Ferrari and McLaren," he said of the fact that the 'Scuderia' It was confirmed that Carlos Sainz was going to replace Sebastian Vettel in 2021. "Frankly, deciding on a driver when the season hasn't even started seems a bit strange to us," he continued.
Finally, the Renault manager assured that the choice of the driver is "the last element of the puzzle" of the team's reconstruction, at a time when the French company announced 15,000 layoffs . Hence the importance of taking our time and making the right decision. "
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