Fernando Alonso says Aston Martin ‘doesn't deserve factors' in System 1's Mexico Grand Prix, having certified in 14th with team-mate Lance Stroll down in nineteenth.
As has usually been the case this season, Aston Martin did nicely in free apply – with each Alonso and Stroll within the prime 10 in FP2 – however did not translate that tempo into outcomes when it got here to aggressive periods.
Stroll lamented the truth that the AMR25 “usually goes backwards all through the weekend”, including: “I've no grip, no grip. It's form of what occurs lots. There's good grip within the apply, and then you definitely come into qualifying and there's simply no grip.”
Alonso wholeheartedly agreed, although he felt that barely poorer Friday type than standard didn't bode nicely. He branded Aston “gradual the entire weekend” and expressed hope that Adrian Newey will discover options sooner or later after becoming a member of the Silverstone-based outfit again in March.
“On Friday, usually we're P3, P5,” the two-time world champion identified. “So, once I was solely P8 yesterday, I knew that it may very well be a troublesome weekend.
Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin Racing
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“We knew Mexico and Vegas on paper are the worst tracks for us and, sadly, we confirmed it. Mexico has been at all times like that, sadly. We have been final, I feel, in 2023, final in 2024, and now we're struggling in 2025,” Alonso added considerably hyperbolically, having certified thirteenth in each earlier Mexico occasions.
“So there's something that also we did not perceive from this place. Let's have a look at subsequent yr if Adrian understands extra.”
Within the meantime, Alonso will probably be “aggressive” on a primary lap that he believes will probably be key within the battle for the points-scoring positions – which Aston Martin admittedly is unlikely to hassle.
“It'll be powerful, I feel, with none anomaly within the race,” he conceded. “I feel we do not deserve the factors as a result of we aren't within the tempo of the highest 10.
“The primary three corners are fairly tight. Positively too slim for 20 vehicles. So, let's have a look at how we undergo the primary chicane, after which if there may be something to realize there and struggle for the factors, we'll give all of it.”
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