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Fernando Alonso hopes Aston Martin can prove to be a renewed team at the start of the 2025 F1 season, with the Spanish driver highlighting the lesson learned from a difficult end to last year.
According to Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin is expected to perform better at the beginning of the 2025 F1 season due to the lessons learned from their challenging finish in the previous campaign. The team will be incorporating these learnings to improve their next car. Despite experiencing inconsistency under the current regulations cycle, Aston Martin showed significant progress in 2023 before facing performance decline in 2024. Alonso admitted that the team struggled to improve the car throughout the season, resulting in difficulties qualifying for Q3 on some occasions. However, he emphasized that the lessons learned from their struggles will be beneficial in developing the car for the 2025 season. Overall, Alonso sees Aston Martin’s tough end to the previous season as a valuable learning experience that will help the team moving forward.