Aston Martin have two big worries on their hands. One big cause for concern is the fact that their star driver and two-time World Champion, Fernando Alonso, is yet to score a point this season. But their bigger worry is that the AMR25 doesn’t really seem to have the punch to consistently finish among points.
The Silverstone-based outfit has had a disappointing start to the 2025 season so far. They are currently seventh in the championship and have managed just 10 points after the first five races. Lance Stroll has scored all these points after he finished an outstanding sixth in the season opener in Australia before finishing ninth in the next race in China.
Meanwhile, Alonso is off to his worst start in F1, with nil points after the first five rounds. The Spaniard is partly responsible for that because of the way with which he crashed out in Australia.
These things have made team owner Lawrence Stroll reportedly frustrated. Understandably so, because the Canadian had hoped that his team’s fortunes will turn around this year after he made the blockbuster signing of legendary aerodynamicist Adrian Newey. But that has not happened.
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According to ex-Red Bull development driver Robert Doornbos, Lawrence is miffed that Newey has refused to work on the AMR25 and is instead focusing all his attention on the 2026 car since the regulations change next year. “The story now goes around that he is furious, that Adrian Newey does not want to interfere with the 2025 car,” revealed Doornbos.
It was being reported at the start of the season that Aston Martin‘s top brass agreed to ‘sacrifice’ the 2025 season. That said, Lawrence is likely to be optimistic about next season and beyond.
With the duo of Newey and Honda signed up, paddock insiders believe that Aston Martin are likely to emerge among the frontrunners in the latest era of the sport.
But the promise of future success does not seem to provide Lawrence any kind of relief. He has invested heavily in the facilities at Silverstone, like a new $200 million state-of-the-art wind tunnel.
It is natural that he wants to see good returns on his investment soon. So it is high time that Alonso and Stroll pull up their socks and put up a better showing at the Miami Grand Prix on May 4.
