Aston Martin F1 Team will retain Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll for the 2027 Formula 1 season after agreeing extended contracts with both drivers.
The confirmation keeps the same pairing together for a fifth campaign. Formula 1's official announcement describes both agreements as long term, but Aston Martin has not published an end date, option structure or financial terms for either contract.
Continuity for the next development phase
Alonso and Stroll provide the team with a combined 644 Grand Prix starts at the time of the announcement. Aston Martin says that experience, together with the drivers' knowledge of its organisation, will support the team as it works to improve its competitive position.
The decision also removes a major variable from the 2027 programme. Driver feedback, simulator work, seat fitting, sponsor planning and engineering preparation can continue around a known line-up rather than waiting for the wider driver market to settle.
That continuity does not by itself establish performance. Aston Martin was 10th in the constructors' standings when Formula 1 published the announcement, and the official material contains no target for race wins, championship position or development milestones. Statements about the team's direction and resources are therefore company views rather than guarantees of results.
Contract scope remains private
Alonso said he had taken time over the decision and remained committed to the team's long-term project. Stroll said he believed the Silverstone organisation had the resources and people required to progress. Executive chairman Lawrence Stroll presented the pairing's experience and commitment as valuable to the wider company.
MRI has not reproduced those remarks as independent evidence of future performance. The verified facts are the extensions and the unchanged 2027 line-up. Salary, performance bonuses, personal-sponsor arrangements, release clauses and the exact duration of the agreements remain undisclosed.
The announcement also does not say whether the two contracts end together. Describing both as long term establishes a commitment beyond a simple one-race or provisional arrangement, but it should not be read as confirmation of a particular final season.
Commercial and operational effect
Locking in both drivers gives Aston Martin and its partners a stable roster for campaigns, hospitality and product programmes extending into 2027. It also gives suppliers and technical staff clarity about the drivers around whom cockpit, control, simulator and trackside processes will be organised.
For Alonso, the extension continues a relationship that began in 2023. Stroll has been part of the organisation through its Racing Point and Aston Martin identities and is set for a ninth season with the team in 2027. The new agreements preserve that accumulated knowledge while the company continues its broader technical investment at Silverstone.
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