Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll to stay at Aston Martin in 2027 as team confirm unchanged line
Formula 1 team Aston Martin has confirmed that Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will remain as their driver pairing through the 2027 season. Both drivers expressed commitment to the team's long-term goals and ongoing infrastructure improvements.
Why it matters
This announcement stabilizes the driver market for a major F1 team and signals long-term investment in the team's competitive future.
Alonso and Stroll to stay at Aston Martin in 2027 as team confirm unchanged line-up Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will begin a fifth season as team mates in 2027, after both extended their long-term contracts with Aston Martin.
Aston Martin will race an unchanged line-up in 2027 with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll extending their long-term contracts with the British team.
While Stroll had been expected to stay on for a ninth season, Alonso 's future was less certain given the team's poor performance so far this year.
But ahead of this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia , Aston Martin – who sit 10th in the Teams' Championship – moved to confirm their line-up.
This will be Alonso and Stroll's fifth campaign as a partnership – and with 644 starts between them, they form the most experienced line-up on the grid.
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