Aston Martin’s difficult season continues after Baku
Fernando Alonso, speaking sarcastically, summed up Aston Martin’s 2025 season after another tough race in Baku. As usual, he will try to add his personal touch in Singapore to help the team score points and fight for fifth place in the World Championship.
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix, held last weekend, marked yet another challenging chapter for Aston Martin in a season that began with high expectations but quickly fell short due to various issues that have left the AMR25 less competitive than the team had hoped and anticipated.
Alonso faces a frustrating season
The same applies, of course, to Fernando Alonso. The two-time Formula 1 world champion knew that this season would be something of a bridge toward the new era, with the next generation of cars set to debut at the end of January 2026. Yet, what he is experiencing appears to be one of the most frustrating seasons, considering the team’s potential, he has faced in the F1 circus.
Baku was no exception. The AMR25 showed it had returned to the midfield pack, with performance lagging behind rivals, but the race began poorly with a jump start and ended in the back of the field. It was yet another repeated chapter in a season Alonso hopes will end soon so that he can dive into the Newey-Cardile era with the team’s future cars.
Alonso on his Baku race
“At the start, sometimes someone moves in front of you on the grid, and sometimes you react to that movement. That’s exactly what happened to me reacting to Oscar Piastri’s movement. But I don’t think my race would have been different without the penalty. Our pace was really slow, and I believe my final position would have been the same anyway,” admitted the Asturian after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
“Monza, for us, was a very strange weekend in terms of performance. We thought we had the worst car, but I qualified for Q3, and we thought we had the worst car in the race, yet I was fighting for points. But I believe that was an anomaly.”
Looking ahead to Singapore
According to Alonso, the AMR25 is expected to return to its usual pace in Singapore, meaning no major surprises, positive or negative. The rest, as he has often done in his career, will be up to him. Not surprisingly, he stated that he aims to target the points zone despite the tight competition in the midfield, which has been fierce for several races now.
“I think in Singapore things can return to normal for Aston Martin. That means finishing between 11th and 15th. But if we have a car that can stay in those positions, I believe I can bring home points.”
“As always, when we have the worst car on track for a weekend, nothing happens—no Safety Car, no yellow flags, no reliability issues on our car. All of this happens when we are in front. That has been the trend of our 2025 season, and we have to live with it.”
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