{"id":417695,"date":"2025-09-12T05:51:17","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417695\/"},"modified":"2025-09-12T05:51:17","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T05:51:17","slug":"the-hitch-aston-martin-has-resolved-to-enhance-2026-f1-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/417695\/","title":{"rendered":"The hitch Aston Martin has resolved to enhance 2026 F1 bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fernando Alonso has expressed he is more hopeful about Aston Martin<\/a>\u2018s prospects under Formula 1<\/a>\u2018s new 2026 rules now the team has simulation tools it can trust.<\/p>\n

Aston Martin will head into the remaining eight races sixth in the Constructors\u2019 Championship, a substantial but not insurmountable 24 points behind Williams above.<\/p>\n

The Silverstone-based squad has mounted an admirable response to a wretched start, which saw Alonso go the opening eight rounds without clocking a single point.<\/p>\n

However, Alonso has registered six top-10 finishes in the eight races since ending his drought as mid-season upgrades have enhanced the AMR25\u2019s competitiveness.<\/p>\n

The Spaniard, who is two points behind team-mate Lance Stroll, has claimed that Aston Martin\u2019s improvement owes much to the team making the car more driveable.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it is a lot better than at the start of the season,\u201d Alonso told media including Motorsport Week<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think my first point in the championship came in race eight or race nine. So yeah, at the beginning, we didn\u2019t have a car to be in the top 10 on Sundays. <\/p>\n

\u201cAnd now it seems that we are able to fight in the midfield and to score points regularly. In the last nine races, I think I\u2019ve been seven times in Q3, in the top 10. <\/p>\n

\u201cSo definitely there is a very different car now. It is better on the aero platform. We didn\u2019t change much mechanically on the set-up. <\/p>\n

\u201cYes, we are working a little bit weekend to weekend, but I think aerodynamically the car is a lot more stable, a lot easier to drive, and we can put the laps together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"AstonAston Martin\u2019s upgrades have paid dividends in 2025<\/p>\n

Why Aston Martin is better-prepared for F1 rules change<\/p>\n

Alonso\u2019s previous two campaigns with Aston Martin had witnessed the team regress relative to its rivals as it struggled with flawed developments on both occasions.<\/p>\n

But the two-time F1 champion has been encouraged that the parts the British outfit has introduced this season have delivered the step that the simulations predicted.<\/p>\n

When asked whether that made him more optimistic going into next season\u2019s extensive overhaul to the technical regulations, Alonso responded: \u201cYeah, definitely.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think to trust the tools that we have in the factory and bring things to the track that actually deliver what was expected from them is obviously a very good thing. We didn\u2019t have that in 2023 and in 2024.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo yeah, it\u2019s good to go back to a more normal factory-track kind of correlation and develop the 2026 car next winter, knowing that the tools are correct.\u201d<\/p>\n

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