Fernando Alonso has referred to as on the Aston Martin squad to deal with the rest of the 2025 Components 1 season as a check and get some relaxation forward of a vital 2026 marketing campaign.
Aston Martin has had a disappointing yr thus far, failing to succeed in the rostrum for a second season in a row. The crew’s 68 factors imply it’s in rivalry for sixth place within the constructors’ championship, with Racing Bulls and Sauber its primary rivals on 72 and 55 factors respectively.
Nonetheless, this battle doesn’t matter a lot to Alonso, who reckons Aston Martin ought to experiment and concentrate on flawless execution over the past six rounds – whereas getting some relaxation forward of F1’s new period, with revamped chassis and engine rules, which Aston is pinning excessive hopes on.
“On the weekends we nonetheless have to carry out at our greatest stage,” Alonso stated. “We have to maintain the motivation excessive. We have to enhance in some issues that we’d like operational-wise to get higher for subsequent yr. So we have to use these six races as a check in a manner.
“Clearly, we have to have a watch into subsequent yr’s calendar and save somewhat little bit of vitality. Even when we’re racing arduous and we’re touring for these subsequent two months, we have to additionally take into consideration having some relaxation as effectively early, now within the final a part of the yr, to start out in January with the batteries absolutely charged.”
Aston Martin returned to the factors in Singapore after struggling on the lengthy straights of Monza and Baku, however what can the crew hope for on the Circuit of the Americas, which options some high-speed corners?
When first requested about it, Lance Stroll nonchalantly replied, “I don’t know, we’ll see”, earlier than being pressed additional on the topic. “The lower-downforce circuits are extra of a problem for us,” he defined. “The upper-downforce, the automobile comes alive somewhat bit extra.”
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing
Picture by: Bryn Lennon / Components 1 by way of Getty Photographs
In the meantime, Alonso was not sure what to assume: “We had some challenges within the final two years right here – even when in 2023 the automobile was performing effectively, we struggled right here. We have to do one thing completely different than the final two occasions right here to actually rating factors.
“On the similar time we come from Singapore being on the quick tempo there. It’s a dash weekend, which I believe usually is a bonus for us.”
By “do one thing completely different”, the Spaniard was referring to the AMR25’s set-up, however declined to elaborate any additional: “I believe the extent of complexity of the set-up won’t be understood, so I do not assume that we have to clarify it right here.”
Further reporting by Ronald Vording
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