Alonso: “In 2025 it will be difficult, but I hope that in 2026 we will have a chance at the World Cup”

He Formula 1 World Cup faced the final stage in these two weeks. He Qatar Grand Prix this weekend and Abu Dhabi next weekend will end a 2024 season never dreamed of by Fernando Alonso. The Asturian driver held a press conference and explained his feelings before the penultimate test of the campaign.

“Each difficulty taught us lessons that we will apply to next year’s car. That has been the positive thing about this year,” Alonso said as a positive reading. “It was difficult, but I also enjoyed it. Difficulties have forced us to learn for the future,” he said.

Of course, Alonso still doesn’t want to think about next year because there are still goals. “We have a good chance to be fifth in the constructors’ championship. “It’s not what we wanted, but it seems a lot of teams have done better than Aston Martin, when the truth is they’re behind,” he declared.

But Alonso knows the big goal is to keep improving. “We will have a completely new car in 2025 and I hope that it gives better results than at present, even if there are four teams in another league,” he reflected. “It’s great to fight for the World Cup, but next year it will be difficult. I hope that in 2026 with new rules we can try”was launched.

Despite this, he admits that he prefers this year. “We had a good 2023 and people expect us now to fight for bigger things. But Formula 1 is like that. We are working to fight for future titles“, he warned. The improvement of the facilities at Silverstone, the start of the wind tunnel and the signing of Adrian Newey led Alonso to point out that “2024 is not a bad year.”

Finally, Alonso praised champion Verstappen’s season. “Max showed that he has no weak points“He always delivers on Sundays and scores a lot of points with the car when it’s good and when it’s not,” he concluded.