Alonso Urges Patience as Aston Martin Eyes Steady Progress

No 2025 Miracle: Alonso Calls for Time to Build Success

14/12/2024

Fernando Alonso remains realistic about Aston Martin’s progress, emphasizing patience as the team targets steady improvements for the future.

After a promising 2023 season, 2024 turned out to be a rude awakening for Aston Martin F1. Fernando Alonso grew frustrated towards the end of the season but remains more optimistic for the upcoming year as the team reorganizes and continues to adapt to its new facilities.

“Now, I think we can reset, learn from all the difficulties and mistakes of this year, and apply them to next year’s project,” Alonso said. “The new factory is now complete, and the new wind tunnel will soon be operational.”

“Andy Cowell has already addressed some of the weaknesses he identified within the team, so we trust the new leadership, and I believe things are heading in the right direction, which makes me happy.”

“But in Formula 1, there aren’t many miracles—you have to be patient, you have to pinpoint the right area in the car, and you have to find the upgrade that will truly unlock the potential of these ground-effect cars.”

Alonso wants Aston Martin to draw inspiration from McLaren’s ability to deliver a game-changing and highly effective evolution in performance: “They started at the back and were winning races by mid-season, and we need to learn from them. It’s a good example of how things can be done.”

“In Austria, they introduced a package that gained six or seven tenths, and it was the start of a series of upgrades that eventually made their car the fastest. So, that Austrian package, if we want to call it that, is something we need to work towards.”

Alonso Urges Patience as Aston Martin Eyes Steady Progress Alonso Urges Patience as Aston Martin Eyes Steady Progress

Full 2025 F1 testing results

Carlos Sainz
1
CARLOS
SAINZ
Leader
Lewis Hamilton
2
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+0.031s
Charles Leclerc
3
CHARLES
LECLERC
+0.083s
George Russell
4
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+0.197s
Max Verstappen
5
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.218s
Alex Albon
6
ALEX
ALBON
+0.302s
Kimi Antonelli
7
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+0.436s
Oscar Piastri
8
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+0.592s
Pierre Gasly
9
PIERRE
GASLY
+0.692s
Lance Stroll
10
LANCE
STROLL
+0.881s
Liam Lawson
11
LIAM
LAWSON
+0.904s
Jack Doohan
12
JACK
DOOHAN
+1.020s
Yuki Tsunoda
13
YUKI
TSUNODA
+1.149s
Isack Hadjar
14
ISACK
HADJAR
+1.327s
Fernando Alonso
15
FERNANDO
ALONSO
+1.352s
Esteban Ocon
16
ESTEBAN
OCON
+1.380s
Lando Norris
17
LANDO
NORRIS
+1.534s
Gabriel Bortoleto
18
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
+1.709s
Nico Hulkenberg
19
NICO
HULKENBERG
+2.109s
Oliver Bearman
20
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+3.013s

Testing Total Distance Covered by Team

1
Mercedes
458
2
Haas
457
3
Racing Bulls
454
4
Alpine
405
5
Williams
395
6
Ferrari
382
7
McLaren
381
8
Sauber
354
9
Aston Martin
306
10
Red Bull
304
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Australian GP
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14 MAR 01:30
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14 MAR 05:00
FP3
15 MAR 01:30
QU
15 MAR 05:00
RACE
16 MAR 04:00
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Race
Date
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Australian
Albert Park
16 Mar
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Chinese
Shanghai International
23 Mar
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Japanese
Suzuka Circuit
6 Apr
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Bahrain
Sakhir desert
13 Apr
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Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street
20 Apr
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