Fernando Alonso off to worst start since 2017: no points after 4 races in 2025 F1 season. Fernando Alonso has zero points after four races in 2025.

Fernando Alonso already looking to 2026
Fernando Alonso, a warrior of a thousand battles, already had a resigned look in his eyes on Thursday in Bahrain: “We’re not competitive.” The race proved him right: on track, Aston Martin only beat Gabriel Bortoleto (who, incidentally, is mentored by Alonso), and the Spaniard never came close to fighting for the points.

The only thing Aston Martin stood out for in Sakhir — and it’s an even more worrying fact — were the on-track incidents throughout the weekend: in FP2, Alonso was left holding the steering wheel in his hands before the final corner, and in qualifying, the two-time world champion visibly scolded the mechanic responsible for signaling pit exit timing. In short, the atmosphere at Aston Martin is far from calm, and it’s understandable that Alonso is demanding more from a team that in three years has only gone backwards and now fears being unprepared for its “marriage” with Adrian Newey and the 2026 regulations.

The numbers
Statistics show that Fernando Alonso has zero points after four race weekends. Considering seasons run under the current points system, only twice before has the two-time world champion gone pointless after four GPs.

In the last 16 years, Fernando Alonso only had a similar pointless start during his ill-fated second stint with McLaren, specifically in the 2015 and 2017 seasons. It’s worth noting, however, that in 2015 his first four results were an 11th, a 12th, and two retirements, whereas this season he’s done worse (11th, 15th, and two retirements). Only in 2017 — with three retirements and a 14th place — did he start worse than now.

If we look at Fernando Alonso’s entire career, he was also pointless after 4 GPs in 2001. But that was a time in F1 when only the top six scored points. And more importantly, it was Fernando Alonso’s rookie season, driving for Minardi. Incredibly, though, even when looking at average finishing position, he started better in 2001 than in 2025: two retirements, a 12th, and a 13th.