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Fernando Alonso claims it is no “guarantee” that he will continue with the Alpine team beyond the 2022 season.

Now into his second season with Alpine after returning to Formula 1, Alonso has shown little sign of passing his peak, with a current points tally of 29 underscoring his performance level, plenty of misfortune preventing that total from being higher.

But, despite the Alonso-Alpine partnership working well and it looking logical that it continues, the Spaniard said it is far from certain that this will be the case.

With Alonso’s contract up at the end of the 2022 campaign, he says talks are set to begin around the summer break in August, but offered no promises that a new deal will be agreed.

“It’s never a guarantee that you will stay,” said Alonso, quoted by RacingNews365.com.

“We have to agree on something, I think, over the [summer] break. In the next weeks or whenever, I will sit down with the team and see what are their expectations.

“Also, what is the next step on the project, as well?

“I feel happy, I feel at home in Alpine, but there is no guarantee of anything, for sure.”

Alpine introduced an upgrade package back at the British Grand Prix, which based on that round and Alpine’s showing in Austria, suggests that a clear step forward has been made by the French manufacturer.

At the Austrian GP, Alpine were the clear fourth-fastest team with their home race at Paul Ricard next up, where more upgrades are planned.

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