In recent weeks, Fernando Alonso He did not hesitate to harshly criticize Aston Martin’s performance, which has scored just 10 points in the past six races. After another disappointment at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, the two-time world champion chose to bite his tongue to avoid further upsetting the Silverstone team’s management leadership. “I can’t be completely honest, but I think all our competitors have improved a lot,” he said, explaining the AMR25’s poor performance throughout this weekend at Interlagos.
“Other teams have the ability to put everything together and the same will happen in Qatar. Friday will be the best day in Qatar,” Alonso said with a mixture of sarcasm and resignation. Logically speaking, finishing 14th after losing out to Racing Bulls, Haas and Williams left a bad taste. Most importantly, the performance of his car, which had shown signs of success at Friday’s Autodromo Jose Carlos Pace, plummeted.
The Asturian finished fourth in his only free session (1 minute 10.606 seconds), a difference of just 12,000ths of a second. Nico Hulkenberg3rd in the table. Late on Friday, the athlete from Asturias took fifth place at the world championships. gunfight From races to sprints. His time in SQ3 (1 minute 09.496 seconds) was just 25/100 seconds apart. land norrisa great writer. He was even faster in the second stint of the session (1:09.330), setting a time that would put him in second place on the grid.
Even if it’s difficult
All those good prospects went awry on Saturday when Alonso did enough to stop one of the Ferraris in the final race. sprint race. A 6th place finish at the finish line was worth 3 points and meant they would advance to Q3. qualified. But once again, that achievement remained out of reach. Aston Martin didn’t know how to capitalize on failure. max verstappen and lewis hamiltonlost in the first and second quarters, respectively. In fact, AMR25 lost pace against four theoretically inferior opponents. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls), Oliver Bearman (Haas), Pierre Gasly (Alpine) and Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber).
For the first two days, the green car’s performance seemed to be optimized on the medium tires, with even better results per lap than on the soft tires. However, these data did not convince the team’s strategists, who chose to play the opposite position. Alonso and Stroll had a tough match from the start. Both cars took a lot of effort to get their tires up to temperature, which is why they struggled on two restarts after starting the track. Gabriel Bortleto and charles leclerc.
“I dared to take a little bit of a risk. If I had done the same thing as the other guys, I would probably have finished behind them. So we tried something different. It didn’t work out, but at least we tried,” Alonso admitted, just before describing his 14th place at the finish line as “disappointing”.
Alonso and Stroll during the pre-race parade.
They shared the same verdict: Lance Strollsecond to last at the finish line, only before that Hiroki Tsunoda. “The hard tires didn’t work well for us either, but in the end it was the lack of pace in the car,” admitted the Canadian. During the race, the owner’s son had this enlightening conversation: Gary Gannon. “How’s your balance, Lance?” asked the truck engineer. The pilot replied: “I’m not going to comment. I have nothing to say.”
That frustration was evident on Alonso’s radio. “Are we in conflict with anyone?” the man from Oviedo asked sarcastically in reference to Carlos Sainz and the aforementioned Lawson position. “Where are they?” Claimed double victory at Le Mans. Fernando, who had scored just 10 points in the last six races, now lost his place in the world championship. Oliver Bearman.
Haas, 2 points left
As for the Constructors’ World Championship, the outlook remains bleak for Aston Martin, with seventh place at stake over Haas, with just two points separating them (72-70). He led the team in the final two races. Ayao Komatsu The British team could only add 3 points, but added 22 points.
In recent weeks, all efforts have been focused at the Silverstone factory in preparation for the 2026 World Cup. In any case, the team could be affected even more in the remaining three races (Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi). mike crackResponsible for runway operations. The Luxembourg international, who was one of the players most upset by Alonso’s harsh comments, summed it up by saying, “We knew it wasn’t going to be easy today and we lacked the rhythm to fight for points. We tried different strategies, such as a long early run on hard tires, but we didn’t have the speed we needed.”
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