Summing up his Italian Grand Prix in just one word after he retired with a suspension failure, Fernando Alonso said it was “2025”.

This year’s championship has been a trying one for the double World Champion as it began with an eight-race run outside of the points, his engine failure in Monaco marking the last of those.

A suspension failure cost Fernando Alonso a top ten result

Alonso and Aston Martin rebounded as the Spaniard scored points in six of the next seven races, his performances belying his position as the oldest driver on the Formula 1 grid.

Scoring a season-high fifth place in Hungary, Alonso and his teammate Lance Stroll elevated Aston Martin to sixth in the Constructors’ Championship.

However, the team’s chance of building on Alonso’s eighth place in qualifying at the I

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