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By Nelson Espinal
Contributing Sports Reporter
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Fernando Alonso is gaining trust in Aston Martin's ability to produce a quality car and has hope for the 2026 season.
Aston Martin has expanded their facilities over the years, building out a technical staff and upgrading their car development tools.
Since the team's strong start back in 2023, the team has slid backwards in terms of car development, and they entered the season with one of the slower cars on the grid.
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In the middle of the season, however, Aston Martin has taken a step forward in terms of speed, leading the team to a sixth-place standing in the Constructors' Championship.
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During the European swing, Fernando Alonso has scored 16 points in the last five races. His best result thus far was a fifth-place finish in Hungary before the summer break.
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The team's recent gains have Alonso, who is racing his final years in the sport, hopeful about the team's outlook heading into a new set of regulations.
"I think to trust the tools that we have in the factory and bring things to the track that actually deliver what was expected from them is obviously a very good thing," Alonso told the media.
"We didn't have that in 2023 and in 2024. So yeah, it's good to go back to a more normal factory-track kind of correlation and develop the 2026 car next winter knowing that the tools are correct."
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Aston Martin was one of the fastest teams to shift development to the 2026 car, which primarily impacted their slow rise up the grid, but a little more than halfway through the season, the team is back in the midfield.
Alonso is hoping other tracks left on the schedule can lead to impressive results.
"I think we have a couple of places that we think are more similar to Budapest and Zandvoort. Maybe Singapore can be one of those, maybe Brazil," the Spaniard added.
"But, you know, we've been surprised a little bit – sometimes negatively surprised, sometimes positively – so we are not really putting all the hopes in one or two races.
"We will go every weekend to give our maximum, even if it seems difficult. And yeah, we'll see in Abu Dhabi how many points and which constructor position we have at the end."
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