Fernando Alonso says he did not expect there to be so much attention on his age as he makes a Formula 1 return after two years away. Alonso said: “My age is a big question but I am a little bit surprised by that. “You just have your own confidence, trying to deliver what the team expects from you. “It takes always time and I’m not 100% yet,” Alonso said. Alonso has signed an initial two-year deal with Alpine but said he had no clear timeframe for how long he expected to be with the team, which has targeted the new 2022 technical regulations as a chance to return to full competitiveness. “F1 is not mathematics where you can plan things ahead,” Alonso said.

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