Alonso Secures Q3 Return, Eyes Points for Aston Martin

Alonso Secures Q3 Return, Eyes Points for Aston Martin

Fernando Alonso celebrates a strong Q3 showing and sets his sights on securing crucial points for Aston Martin in Qatar.

Fernando Alonso was thrilled to return to Q3 with his Aston Martin AMR24 tonight in Qatar.

The Spaniard will start from 8th position and hopes to boost the team’s points tally, which has remained stuck at 86 for the last four races.

“I’m happy we made it to Q3 in tonight’s qualifying session, and the car performed better than in any other session this weekend. We couldn’t improve in the Sprint, but we made some setup changes after that, and everything seems to be working as planned.”

“The team did a great job managing that and handling the traffic during a busy qualifying session. It’s a good starting position for tomorrow, and overtaking here is tough, so I hope we can translate this performance into the race.”

Lance Stroll was on pace with his teammate but made a costly mistake in Q2. He will start 15th.

“I had a big moment in Turn 1 on my final Q2 lap and lost around half a second. I don’t think the tires were in the right window at the start of the lap because I just didn’t have the grip, so that ended my chances of making Q3.”

“In hindsight, we should have done a much faster out-lap. The car felt more competitive in qualifying after some setup changes following the Sprint, so even though it was tight out there, I think there was more potential.”

“The race is generally harder for us since our car is quite tough on tires, but we’ll see how it goes tomorrow.”

Aston Martin’s Alonso Aims to End Points Drought in Qatar
Aston Martin’s Alonso Aims to End Points Drought in Qatar

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2025 F1 Australian Grand Prix - Race Results

Lando Norris
1
LANDO
NORRIS
57
Max Verstappen
2
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
+0.895s
George Russell
3
GEORGE
RUSSELL
+8.481s
Alex Albon
4
ALEX
ALBON
+12.773s
Kimi Antonelli
5
KIMI
ANTONELLI
+15.135s
Lance Stroll
6
LANCE
STROLL
+17.413s
Nico Hulkenberg
7
NICO
HULKENBERG
+18.423s
Charles Leclerc
8
CHARLES
LECLERC
+19.826s
Oscar Piastri
9
OSCAR
PIASTRI
+20.448s
Lewis Hamilton
10
LEWIS
HAMILTON
+22.473s
Pierre Gasly
11
PIERRE
GASLY
+26.502s
Yuki Tsunoda
12
YUKI
TSUNODA
+29.884s
Esteban Ocon
13
ESTEBAN
OCON
+33.161s
Oliver Bearman
14
OLIVER
BEARMAN
+40.351s
Liam Lawson
15
LIAM
LAWSON
47 DNF
Gabriel Bortoleto
16
GABRIEL
BORTOLETO
47 DNF
Fernando Alonso
17
FERNANDO
ALONSO
34 DNF
Carlos Sainz
18
CARLOS
SAINZ
0 DNF
Jack Doohan
19
JACK
DOOHAN
0 DNF
Isack Hadjar
20
ISACK
HADJAR
0 DNF
F1 CALENDAR 2025
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Date
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Chinese
Shanghai International
23 Mar
Japanese Flag
Japanese
Suzuka Circuit
6 Apr
Bahrain Flag
Bahrain
Sakhir desert
13 Apr
Saudi Arabia Flag
Saudi Arabia
Jeddah Street
20 Apr
United States Flag
United States
Miami
04 May

2025 FORMULA 1 DRIVERS' WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Lando Norris
1
LANDO
NORRIS
25 Points
Max Verstappen
2
MAX
VERSTAPPEN
18
George Russell
3
GEORGE
RUSSELL
15
Alex Albon
4
ALEX
ALBON
12
Kimi Antonelli
5
KIMI
ANTONELLI
10
Lance Stroll
6
LANCE
STROLL
8
Nico Hulkenberg
7
NICO
HULKENBERG
6
Charles Leclerc
8
CHARLES
LECLERC
4
Oscar Piastri
9
OSCAR
PIASTRI
2
Lewis Hamilton
10
LEWIS
HAMILTON
1

2025 FORMULA 1 CONSTRUCTORS' WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

1
McLaren
27
2
Mercedes
25
3
Red Bull
18
4
Williams
12
5
Aston Martin
8
6
Sauber
6
7
Ferrari
5
8
Alpine F1
0
9
Haas F1
0
10
Racing Bulls
0
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