Fernando Alonso admitted the 2024 season has been extra taxing for him as his automobile’s unpredictable dealing with has left him missing confidence.
The 2-times world champion completed on the rostrum eight instances final yr however a single fifth place stays his finest end in a grand prix thus far this season.
“The automobile just isn’t straightforward to drive and it’s somewhat bit unpredictable at instances,” Alonso admitted. “So this clearly removes confidence to the motive force, when you’re not capable of push and to belief that the automobile will do the identical in each nook, in each lap.
“This inconsistency is one thing that isn’t nice when you’re behind the wheel and I’m struggling extra this yr than beforehand.”
Aston Martin haven’t been capable of problem the highest 4 groups for a lot of the season and have more and more discovered themselves battling the likes of RB and Haas. Alonso stated they’ve needed to take better dangers of their strategy which at instances has damage them extra.
“Clearly when margins are so tight and you might be in an in depth battle for one or two factors, generally you’re taking extra dangerous choices. Generally you gamble on a method. Generally you danger greater than what you must within the begin or on a set-up alternative that we went for.
“As a substitute of fixing one thing minimal earlier than qualifying, we modify the entire automobile earlier than qualifying as a result of we all know that with the present automobile in FP3, we won’t be able to attain a couple of or two factors, so that you danger it extra.
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“There are at all times penalties with issues that you just do when you’re used to combat for increased positions and you end up simply aiming for one or two factors, generally you danger all of it to have a prime 5 or being out of the factors just isn’t a giant loss. These type of issues we study loads throughout this season and doubtless has been our – or, my – private largest problem.”
Alonso stated it will likely be necessary for the group to right the issues with its automobile within the second half of the season with a purpose to guarantee it makes the proper decisions with its automobile design for subsequent yr.
“I believe our goal, and my private want, is to search out the path and to discover a comfy path into the event that we will go into winter interval with some extra belief of what we do after which having a extra regular 2025 marketing campaign,” he stated.
“So 2024, as I stated, the highest 4 groups are somewhat bit out of attain, so we simply want to focus on our personal growth, our personal belief within the automobile, and get higher for subsequent yr.”
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