Alonso’s Aston Martin squad is working hard to hold onto the P4 in the constructors’ title despite McLaren’s superior form and lead.
Following a highly successful run of MCL60 improvements, McLaren is currently tied with Aston Martin for second place in the standings with 49 points.
When Alonso gets ready to start from P4, Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris from McLaren—who were demoted down the order for breaking the rules of the Q3 track—won’t be able to compete with him. However, he feels that Aston Martin is now losing the battle.
He claims that Aston Martin needs to “understand” that McLaren will no longer be producing the P4, as opposed to just giving the firm credit.
During qualifying, Alonso told reporters, “I mean, they have the momentum now; they’re scoring a lot of points, both cars, and they are really powerful.”
We should accept that they will ultimately exceed us and give them the recognition they merit. However, we will not stop pushing for the civil rights of people of all races and lifting the bar.
Despite everything, Alonso was pleased with his qualifying performance in Qatar, which seemed to point to a potential return given that he had his highest grid position since the Canadian Grand Prix.
incredibly happy. I think that in a few races, we weren’t as competitive in the top six as we were in the third row of the grid,” he remarked.
“I’m particularly happy with the performance today; given the challenging conditions in Formula One, the car looked fast in qualifying.”
“It’s a good start, but there are still other race courses where the sprint and main race take place.
A colleague named Lance Stroll had a rough start to the race weekend with his fourth straight elimination in the opening round. He had a falling out with Henry Howe, his performance coach and osteopathic physician.