Alonso: Aston Martin now ‘trusting its tools’ after correlation woes

Fernando Alonso has expressed renewed confidence in Aston Martin’s current trajectory, suggesting his team has made significant strides over the summer in resolving its long-standing development issues.

The two-time world champion has often been vocal about Aston Martin’s struggles since its eye-catching start to the 2023 season. After sliding backwards due to stalled upgrades and inconsistent development, the team has endured another patchy campaign in 2025.

The Silverstone-based outfit has struggled to translate factory simulations into on-track performance, a correlation problem partly due to what legendary designer Adrian Newey described as “weak” tools, including the driver-in-the-loop simulator, upon his arrival at Silverstone.

However, recent back-to-back double points finishes in Hungary and the Netherlands point to Aston turning a corner, an important change ahead of the sport’s transformative 2026 regulations.

“Trust the Tools”

When asked in Monza if his team’s recent upswing gave him greater hope for the new era of regulations, Alonso was quick to underline the value of Aston’s progress in solving its correlation woes.

“Yeah, definitely," he said. “I think to trust the tools that we have in the factory and bring things to the track that actually deliver what was expected from them is obviously a very good thing.

“We didn’t have that in 2023 and in 2024. So yeah, it’s good to go back to a more normal factory-track kind of correlation and develop the 2026 car next winter knowing that the tools are correct.”

Alonso is now hoping the team’s newfound confidence translates into more strong weekends as the season winds down.

“I think we have a couple of places that we think are more similar to Budapest and Zandvoort. Maybe Singapore can be one of those, maybe Brazil,” he explained.

“But, you know, we’ve been surprised a little bit – sometimes negatively surprised, sometimes positively – so we are not really putting all the hopes in one or two races.

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“We will go every weekend to give our maximum, even if it seems difficult. And yeah, we’ll see in Abu Dhabi how many points and which constructor position we have at the end.”

With the team’s development pipeline seemingly back in sync, Aston Martin enters the final stretch of 2025 with renewed optimism—and, crucially, a platform to build on as F1’s next chapter approaches.

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