Fernando Alonso known as on the Aston Martin squad to deal with the rest of the 2025 System 1 season as a check and get some relaxation forward of a vital 2026 marketing campaign.
Aston Martin has had a disappointing yr to date, failing to achieve 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 major 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 degree,” 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 means.
“Clearly, we have to have an eye fixed into subsequent yr's calendar and save a bit of little bit of vitality. Even when we're racing exhausting and we're touring for these subsequent two months, we have to additionally take into consideration having some relaxation as properly early, now within the final a part of the yr, to begin in January with the batteries totally 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 automotive comes alive a bit of bit extra.”
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Racing
Photograph by: Bryn Lennon / System 1 through Getty Photos
In the meantime, Alonso was uncertain what to suppose: “We had some challenges within the final two years right here – even when in 2023 the automotive was performing properly, we struggled right here. We have to do one thing totally different than the final two occasions right here to essentially rating factors.
“On the identical time we come from Singapore being on the quick tempo there. It's a dash weekend, which I feel usually is a bonus for us.”
By “do one thing totally different”, the Spaniard was referring to the AMR25's set-up, however declined to elaborate any additional: “I feel the extent of complexity of the set-up won't be understood, so I do not suppose that we have to clarify it right here.”
Further reporting by Ronald Vording
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