The beautiful paddock From Miami at the Hard Rock Stadium dazzles even the pilots. “It is one of the best great awards, if not the best. Almost ten over ten, although perhaps the layout is not the most interesting for the pilot. But still produces a good show in the race and there are overtaking areas,” summarizes Fernando Alonso. Although Florida’s calm and good humor does not prevent the Spanish pilot from listening to the two most repeated questions at any of her conferences: what happens in Aston Martin and why he continues in Formula 1. For the last one there is an answer: “I’m still piloting because I feel the best. Why am I going to stop?”
For the previous one, it is more difficult to find the key. “We are not as competitive as we wanted and expected. There is not only one reason, they are several factors that have made the difficult car in terms of rhythm, not as fast as others in the middle zone that have raised the level and are closer to the Top-4. We did not take that step. Although the championship is long, we have to react, do things better. And I hope that in the next races I hope that we give that step forward, but it has been more difficult than we thought, ”Alonso explained.
Last week he met Adrian Newey in Silverstone. Comment on the encounter with AS: “I never lost confidence, I am not very worried with 2026. This year is the continuation of some problems that we already had in the last two seasons, we do not exceed some of those obstacles. For next year, with the new rules, with Adrian on board, nothing in this car will be in the 2026 project and it is a complete reset so I am not very worried. And for this year, the solution is not so clear and there is nothing we can do in one night. ”
“I was in the factory, I ate with Adrian, we had some conversations but not much about this year, they were general conversations about the team and how it has felt in these first weeks in Aston, the changes that may be in the team to have a better future under their experience, and It is exciting to talk to him and be able to work with him, It was a great day, ”he says to this medium.
Newey’s influence allows Aston to stop some of his weak points, Fernando transmits: “Now we understand what we lack, our capabilities, where we are behind the ‘Top’ teams. Some of the people who have joined have good references Because they come from teams fighting for titles, so they know what is needed. We are in the good direction but in F1 nothing changes from one day to another and the pilots do not want to wait for a result. You have to balance that, be patient and maintain the motivation as high as possible. ”
However, he will not work in the 2025 car. “I do not have the knowledge or experience of a racing designer like him, all the time to dedicate. He would prefer to have joined the team a year ago to start with 2026, surely he thinks he is late, so I understand that he focuses on the car next year. The 2025 car did not design it, it did not touch it, I do not think it depends on it to fix it ”, Close the Asturian.
