What can be expected from Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz for the rest of the season?

• Marco Canseco

  Shanghai

Updated 03/19/2025 – 22: 33Cet

It is true that Australia It was a chaotic race, with intermittent water, many incidents and a final classification in which several of the cars were missing Favorites In the first positions for track departures. Alex Albon’s fifth position and the sixth lance Stroll are misleading completely, more than the first, which maintained Behind Hamilton A good part of the race without letting or teaching him the nose.

That is one of the first issues, which Williams showed a rhythm in the race that It was not expected, perhaps enhanced by intermediates and The complicated track, that had a narrow dry lane and did not allow the persecutors to go to the wet area without suffering a mishap.

He double abandonment of the Spaniards, with Sainz out for one massive power delivery that did not expect (with the safety car motor map) in the first round, and Alonso, for a lot of gravel on the track that made his car jump, It was the worst of the beginning for both. Having finished the test, Carlos could have been between the fourth and sixth, and Fernando, between fifth and sixth, That is where his partner ended.

Will those the positions to which they can aspire?

It is the question that Spanish fans are askedif seen in Australia in terms of potential of their respective cars can be repeated again In other circuits. In China it is not very likely, Well, both cars suffer in fast curve, but on other tracks, if there will be a possibility of showing, especially for Williams.

He FW47 It is a car very fast in qualification, Well, you can heat the tires speed, something fundamental on many clues. In places of not very high load it should be a good car and when Sainz is having experience When regulating the car and has taken the trick to the Mercedes engine, it should be in a position to aspire to some podiums throughout the year. You will have a car of Q3 and with certain options to unseat a large team, As Albon did in Albert Park, more than once.

For Alonso It will not be easy to be in those positions. “It will be a time to put something extra in qualification and in race”Said the Asturian in Melbourne. He is aware of Limitations of AMR25, starting with China, Although he is sometimes able to put what the car is missing to enter among the 10 best of the qualification and then in the race to make small milestones that seem impossible.

For example, In Australia’s round 33 it was the second best time, only surpassed by Oscar Piestri of the whole group. It was the moment in which he decided to squeeze, with the bad luck that Gasly He put a gravel cube in curve 6 that he took behind, which made him lose control. That will not happen every day.

Another fact that talks about the rhythm to which Alonso is that he was the second pilot who took his partner the most in terms of rhythm of career. Max almost two seconds To Liam Lawson, 1.7, while Fernando was 0.6 seconds on average faster than Stroll in the turns in which he was in the race, until 34 of 58.

From Icola, or perhaps Barcelona, ​​both Williams and Aston will have their great evolution of the year, And it will be time to check if they can aspire to more or stay at the place where they are. Now same, modest objectives, but with options to shine in certain circuitsespecially for Sainz, more than for Fernando, without ruling out a possible podium For both if circumstances occur.