Alonso’s View on the 2025 Title Showdown

The Spaniard, himself a two-time world champion, notes the parallels with past finales such as his own 2010 defeat at Yas Marina, underlining how tiny strategic and car-performance details can decide everything. Alonso has openly backed Verstappen as the reference under pressure, arguing that the Dutchman’s experience in high-stakes showdowns could prove decisive.

“We all say we can be champion”

Asked whether the eventual champion will necessarily be the year’s best driver, Alonso delivered a typically sharp assessment: he said that any driver on the grid would claim they could win the title if they had the best car. In his view, talent among the top group is so high that the decisive differentiator remains which team delivers the strongest overall package across a season.

Alonso hinted that every modern champion – himself included – has benefitted from having at least one of the two or three fastest cars rather than winning purely through individual brilliance, a trend he sees lasting for « almost 20 years ».

Nothing in F1 is disconnected from car level

The Aston Martin driver stressed that nothing in Formula 1 can be fully separated from the level of the car, whether talking about titles, podiums or midfield results. He pointed to his own career examples – losing the 2010 crown despite elite driving, and enduring a tough 2025 with an underperforming Aston Martin – as proof that driver performance is always filtered through machinery.

How Alonso connects 2025 to his own history

Alonso sees echoes of his 2010 title loss in the 2025 showdown, warning that strategy calls, traffic or tyre decisions can deny a faster package and flip a championship narrative overnight. He believes history will still remember only the name paired with the car that delivered at the crucial moments.

For Alonso, this is why debates about which of the three “deserves” the title must always consider that each is operating within the limits – and opportunities – of their machinery.