Fernando Alonso has admitted it is “doesn’t sound right” that he hasn’t won a race in Formula 1 since 2013 as he continues to chase an elusive third championship.
Alonso is among the most decorated names on the grid with two titles and 32 race victories, but he hasn’t stood on the top step since the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix.
The Spaniard has seldom challenged at the sharp end since leaving Ferrari in 2014, with a disastrous second spell with McLaren prompting him to depart the sport.
Alonso would take up the chance to return to the series with Alpine in 2021, his third stint with the Enstone-based squad preceding a move to Aston Martin in 2023.
But while the partnership initially delivered podiums, the British marque has been unable to sustain that level, and Alonso hasn’t classified in the top three since then.
“Good luck, bad luck, I think 50-50 to be honest,” a reflective Alonso said.
“The thing is that when you do 400-plus races, there are a lot of races with good luck and a lot of races with bad luck, but I think everything compensated.
“Even when I went to Le Mans, the second Le Mans [2019], we were two minutes behind the leader one hour before the end. Then they had a puncture, and then they had a wheel that was not properly done and they had a double pitstop on the following lap and then I won the second Le Mans.
“That was a lot of luck on our side. So everything compensated.
“But yeah, probably over 20 years, I think, or maybe more than 10 years that I won my last F1 grand prix. It doesn’t sound right to me.”
Alonso laments continuous misfortune in 2025
Alonso has been made to rue more bad luck in the current season as he trails Lance Stroll in the standings despite having out-qualified his team-mate at every round.
“We are already up to 22 [points lost], I think. It’s a shame that we cannot finish the races on merit when we are in the points,” he bemoaned.
“And then when we are slow, because we are uncompetitive, normally things are always smooth and nice until the checkered flag and we score no points.
“But this is the way it is and this is the sport, the nature of the sport. And as long as next year we have a good car, we are in normal luck. We don’t ask for good luck, but normal luck is okay.
“Losing 22 points, it should sound like it’s not much. We are not fighting for the World Championship, so why should Alonso care about 22 points in a season like this?
“But it’s a lot of effort and determination to score every single point when the car is just able to score one or two points per weekend. To lose 22 is a massive amount.”
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