Fernando Alonso: “I have faith and hope in next year’s project. Honda is making a new engine and the chassis of the car is going in the right direction. We continue to believe that we can solve many things”
Fernando Alonso He had high hopes for 2026. In Zandvoort, last year, he asked to have a car that would allow him to fight to win races. “I want a winning car for the Australian ’26 grid,” he said at that time on DAZN. Nothing could be further from the truth. The binomial of Aston Martin and Honda It is being a disaster with little performance and, above all, less reliability. They are fighting not to end up as the red lantern on the grid with Cadillac and Williams. After all the investment made, the disappointment is total.
At the Mexican GP, on the verge of ending the season, there was a little more hope to be able to at least have a little joy in a campaign full of disappointments. However, the Japanese engine once again left him without options both in qualifying and in the race. But this year, despite the enormous frustrations, Alonso is being more constructive than destructive and at the Autódromo de los Hermanos Rodríguez he continued in that line.
“Days like today we learn difficult lessons. The engine department is aware of the problems and difficulties. They are testing a totally new engine on the dynamometer because it is a completely new project,” said the Asturian in the corralito with the international press.
“I have to say that I have faith and confidence in the next yeareither. It will be a, I repeat, totally new car and the chassis is also going in the right direction. I think that, although it is difficult to say it on days like today, we all have great hopes for next year and I know that we can solve many things,” he expressed in closing.
It is true that the speech that we have to wait one more year really seems like a fish biting its tail. But the Asturian has no other choice. Alonso continues to feel competitive and has the ability to fight for important things and, if not, he would not have renewed for another season. Is it the last bullet? Nobody knows, but it is clear that if we want to continue enjoying the Spaniard by bringing out his talent, both Aston Martin and Honda need to find the key to next season’s car.
