Aston Martin has endured a disastrous start to the 2025 Formula 1 season, failing to score a single point after the first three races.
The issue, however, isn’t a lack of resources.
The team’s brand-new £150 million factory is up and running, a state-of-the-art wind tunnel is in use, and they’ve recruited Adrian Newey from Red Bull.
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Yet the results remain elusive.
Following the races in Japan, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia, the mood within the team was somber.
In Saudi Arabia, Lance Stroll struggled to identify any strengths in the car, noting that it was neither fast in corners nor strong in acceleration — only straight-line braking was somewhat acceptable.
Fernando Alonso voiced similar frustrations.
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According to him, the team has run out of ideas on track.
Hope Lies in the Factory
Everything now depends on the team back in Silverstone.
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But development has long been Aston Martin’s Achilles’ heel. In both 2023 and 2024, upgrades often worsened the car’s handling and introduced new issues.
Last year, a new floor had to be scrapped in the U.S. because wind tunnel data failed to match real-world performance.
The team is stuck in a dilemma.
If it focuses too much on the 2025 car, it risks compromising preparations for the major regulation changes in 2026 — seen as a golden opportunity to fight at the front again.
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Still, team principal Andy Cowell insists there’s hope for this season.
The new wind tunnel is now being used to analyze discrepancies between simulations and real-world data.
Meanwhile, Newey is working on improving overall workflows and the team’s technological understanding.
The goal is to develop solutions usable both this year and next — from lightweight components to tire modeling and strategy optimization.
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But without concrete upgrades, points will remain out of reach.
According to Cowell, the focus is now on getting as much as possible from the 19 races still to come.
For Stroll and Alonso, the improvements can’t come soon enough.
Source: The Race
