Despite Lando Norris had the best car in the championship for most of the season, Max Verstappen He made virtually no concessions to the Briton – which happened the other way around – and was proclaimed quadruple world champion with two races remaining in 2024.
At the press conference before the Qatar Grand Prix, they asked Fernando Alonso if he could beat the Dutchman one day and focused on the new regulations.
“I would love to try to be able to challenge for the World Cup, but in 2025 we won’t be able to do that and I hope it will be in 2026“, he stressed.
Of course, the man from Oviedo left a “little stick” to Lando Norris for not taking advantage of the superiority of the McLaren to overthrow Verstappen and for making too many mistakes.
“Max had no weaknesses when the car was good and when it wasn’t so good and maybe you always think about Things might get a little tougher than they have been.“, he explained.
Taking stock of this season, and with the “confidence” of having “Happy New Year 2025”Alonso has given reasons to be excited about the future.
“After 2023, people expected us to aim for higher levels. We didn’t meet expectations, but that doesn’t bother us. Improvements didn’t happen throughout the year , but the Silverstone facilities have been completed, with Buildings 2 and 3. the new wind tunnel will be ready shortly and we will have Newey… so it hasn’t been so bad 2024“, he settled.
