Given the lukewarm start to this season, it is necessary to adjust our expectations towards the Spanish drivers. Alonso has no points, his worst start since the McLaren Honda era (2015-2017). And Sainz has not fully exploited the strengths of the Williams, scoring a mere point while his teammate, Albon, has not left the top 10.<\/p>\n
The Aston Martin offers little more than in previous years. The upcoming developments will be minimal, with more focus on Miami and Imola. The AMR25 is one of the single-seaters that has seen the least improvements in lap times over the past twelve months.<\/p>\n
Alonso told the AS newspaper in Suzuka: \u00ab The points are an impossible task with our performance, and we should not demand points from ourselves because we have what we have. \u00bb The die is cast, a grayish season awaits the drivers. Newey is focusing almost exclusively on the 2026 car, and there is already quite a stir in the British press urging the star engineer not to discard 2025. This situation is largely understandable: the factory is running at a slow pace, with the engineers and mechanics not having really prepared a package for a year.<\/p>\n
For Sainz, there is hope, and a little patience is needed. The Madrid native dominated the pre-season tests in Sakhir and managed to optimize the car’s performance almost effortlessly. The problem arose when certain characteristics emerged in the single-seater. Modifications have been made recently, and in Japan, he was 0.53 thousandths of a second behind Albon, a much better time compared to the first races.<\/p>\n