Alonso reveals trick up his sleeve: 'Then 2025 will be normal campaign'

Fernando Alonso's partnership with Aston Martin got off to a great start back in 2023, as the Spaniard could step on the podium six times during the first eight Grands Prix. However, after the British team fell back to P5 in the constructors' championship by the end of the '23 season, they remain in the same position also in 2024. Alonso and Lance Stroll's team's gap to Mercedes is 193 points.

The two-time world champion is also not completely happy with his car. "A few things [are wrong], not only one. As I said before, I think the car is not easy to drive and it's a little bit unpredictable at times. So this obviously removes confidence to the driver, when you are not able to push and to trust the car that will do the same in every corner, in every lap. So this, let's say, inconsistency is something that is not great when you are behind the wheel, and I'm struggling more this year than previously."

He added: "When margins are so tight and you are in a close battle for one or two points, sometimes you take more risky decisions. Sometimes you gamble on a strategy. Sometimes you risk more than what you should in the start or on a set-up choice that we went for."

How could Alonso and Aston Martin get back on the right path?

While bringing many upgrades also did not help Aston Martin's form this season, Alonso has a plan for when the summer break ends. "I think our aim, and my personal wish, is to find the direction and to find a comfortable path into the development that we can go into winter period with some more trust of what we do and then having a more normal 2025 campaign."

"So 2024, as I said, the top four teams are a little bit out of reach, so we just need to concentrate on our own development, our own trust in the car, and get better for next year," the Spaniard concluded.