F1 Fernando Alonso and the request to Aston Martin: “To be in a James Bond movie”

The Spaniard, two-time F1 champion, will switch from Alpine to the British team and has a request: “I would like to shoot a scene in a car in an agent 007 movie”

Federico Mariani

September 26

Not even time to try the Aston Martin 2023 and Fernando Alonso already has a request for his new team. No, this time it is not information regarding the car that the Spaniard will drive next season. The two-time world champion has admitted that he has a small dream linked to the world of cinema: to take part in a James Bond film. A project that can be achieved indirectly thanks to the training that hired him by convincing him to leave Alpine at the end of 2022.

as a bond

Alonso, in fact, told of his desire during a live Instagram with his sponsor Finetwork, before the last Italian GP, ​​won by Max Verstappen: “It would be nice to be in a James Bond film now that I’m with Aston Martin” . Fernando also seems to have clear ideas about the role he would play: “It would excite me to shoot a scene on the street with an Aston Martin. But first we need to talk about it with the team. I hope we can do it.”

the key

Alonso’s request is not accidental. In fact, Aston Martin was the brand of the cars featured in many films of the famous agent 007, often associated with Sean Connery, the actor of the first films. The DB5 stands out as the protagonist in action scenes in masterpieces such as 1960s jewelry Goldfinger And Thunderball or evergreens GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow never dies (1997) and The world is not enough (1999). Now we just have to wait to see if the successful saga is destined to welcome agent Alonso too …



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