]Aston Martin will be aiming to reset with Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll after a difficult 2024 Formula 1 campaign.
Aston Martin failed to meet expectations in 2024, struggling with car development and finishing fifth in the Constructors’ standings with just 94 points, 186 less than the year before.
Alonso was a consistent performer throughout the troubles, trying his hardest to rise above the issues.
Stroll, meanwhile, suffered in comparison and some troubling errors clouded his campaign.
With both drivers under contract through 2026, things at Aston Martin will likely be very much the same across the driving front.
Performance-wise, Aston should expect another difficult year but will be hoping the strife of 2024 will pay dividends.
Will both drivers be up to the task of propelling Aston Martin forward in 2025?
Lance Stroll
Once again, Stroll was comprehensively beaten by Alonso at Aston Martin in 2024.
Out-qualified across 19 GPs and out-raced across 17, Stroll scored just 24 of Aston Martin’s 94 points.
What’s more, an embarrassing trip to the gravel trap on the sighting lap to the grid at Interlagos underlined an underwhelming season.
Stroll must do better in 2025.
Despite the statistical disparity between Stroll and Alonso, Aston Martin Chief Trackside Office Mike Krack sees the margins between the pair being tighter than expected, putting the onus on car performance.
“I think that, in general, there is not that much difference between the two,” Krack told es.motorsport.
“We look at it objectively and yes, we have a difference throughout the season. We try to analyse it and find it.
“But I think that the [AMR24] is so complicated to drive that you can never predict anything.”
Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin’s 2024 was frustrating.
It started as the fifth-fastest team on the heels of Mercedes but development struggles persisted as the year went on and the team slipped into the clutches of F1’s midfield and back-markers.
Alonso gave it his all throughout and comprehensively beat team-mate Stroll.
After 24 years in the sport, there’s little Alonso has to prove to anyone in 2025 so expect more of the same from the veteran Spaniard.
Despite the difficulties of 2024, Alonso has put a positive spin on Aston Martin’s struggles heading into the new season.
“All those difficulties, I think, probably are teaching us a lot of lessons, which we will apply into next year’s car,” he said in Qatar.
“I think there is a clear understanding now of where the path is into next year’s car.”
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