Fernando Alonso is relying on rain to allow him to finish the race in Japan in the top ten and thus gain important points for the team and his championship lead. He is aware that the AMR25 is not capable of more and hopes that the difficulties on the track will give him a chance of finishing in the top half of the table.
Rain forecast for the Japanese GP
The rain will fall on the Suzuka circuit, that’s practically certain. What is not known exactly is when it will fall. 100% rain is forecast throughout the day, but during the race there is now a 40% chance, although this probability is increasing as the hours go by and is expected to continue to do so until tomorrow.
The rain would turn the race upside down, especially if the rain comes and goes as it did in the Australian Grand Prix that opened the 2025 World Championship. A race that Alonso did not finish, but Stroll did, in an undeserved sixth place, but there were other changes. Norris managed to keep the race going, but Piastri lost his chances when he went off the track. Another of the beneficiaries was Alex Albon, who finished in the drop position, and Ferrari’s finish left them at the back of the points.
Hopefully tomorrow we can expect a race with similar conditions, where team strategy will be key to fishing in troubled waters, and Fernando Alonso hopes to be one of the drivers who benefits.
“In a dry race it will be difficult to score points”. That is why he hopes the race will be in wet conditions. The aim is to finish in the top 10. “We will try to fight for points tomorrow”
Fernando Alonso gains a starting position
Fernando Alonso finished qualifying in thirteenth place, but the penalty to Carlos Sainz during Q2 for hindering Hamilton means he gains a position for the start and is closer to the Top 10, closer to the points.
Fernando Alonso has the opportunity to complete his first race of 2025. After retiring from the races in Australia and China, it is important for him to be able to complete the race, but it is not something he cares much about either, and that is why he has confirmed that he will have no problem taking risks if he sees himself with no chance of scoring points.
“Tomorrow it may not be a normal race and we will try to attack, although we already know that when you attack in the rain you can have another retirement.” ”At this point in the championship it is better to attack than to see how you are outside the points. Better to attack and see what happens.”
Aston Martin still unable to find solutions
While Fernando Alonso is squeezing every last drop out of his options, Aston Martin are unable to improve the AMR25. Fernando Alonso acknowledged that “I’m happy with all my qualifying laps and we finished P14 in Q1 and P13 in Q2, so I think that was our pace”. Therefore, the team must step up and find a way to improve the car so that it can fight, race after race, to be in the top ten and be able to score important points for the team.
Now we have to wait for the rain to fall during the Japanese Grand Prix so that the race gets crazy and we can see the chaos that happens on the track in these conditions. This is the option that Fernando Alonso is going for to score points, a Fernando Alonso who will take risks to try to achieve the team’s objectives.