Aston Martin is bringing its senior Formula 1 chiefs together on Monday for a post-mortem into its triple-header struggles, as it tries to put a recovery plan in place.
The Silverstone-based squad is coming off the back of a brutal run of three races in Japan, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia where it has failed to score a point, with both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll struggling to extract pace from their car.
The team is well aware that it needs to make improvements if it is not to slip down the constructors’ rankings; Aston Martin is seventh with 10 points but has Racing Bulls and Alpine closing in behind it.
For a squad that has ambitions of winning races and championships in F1's next ruleset, especially having invested millions in state-of-the-art facilities and signing design legend Adrian Newey, its current performances are below what team owner Lawrence Stroll expects.
And with its three-race run having highlighted the difficult situation Aston Martin is in, team principal Andy Cowell has revealed that the squad plans to regroup immediately to work out where it goes from here.
"We're getting together [on Monday] to have a think about what we've learned over this triple-header, and [ask] what do we do going forward?" he said, when asked by The Race about the team's next steps.
The 2026 conundrum
Aston Martin is eager not to compromise any of its 2026 efforts with anything it does on its 2025 car, but its current situation may force it to throw some more resources towards its current plight.
While the team has put its AMR25 back in its new Silverstone windtunnel, the focus remains on finding ways to get more out of its current challenger rather than devoting too much to a wider revamp of its design.
"Can we get more out of the car? Yes, I think we can," added Cowell. "I think there's many areas where we look back over the last the races and [think] we can get more out of the car.
"Is it enough to win races? No. But is it where we can push forward a bit more? Yes, it is.
"We're learning about this car, and we're learning about all the new equipment that we've got in the factory, and how to push things forward."
Despite Newey having started at the team in March, the squad has been insistent that he remains totally focused on its 2026 challenger rather than being pulled back to help out its current plight, although his processes could feed into work on the 2025 car.
Speaking earlier in the weekend, Cowell had said: "100% of Adrian's designing time is focused on '26.
"He joined in March, so there was a period of him getting up to speed with the regulations, up to speed with the concept work we'd been doing in the preceding couple of months.
"There are some tough deadlines to meet for releasing monocoque details, transmission details. The cars are running earlier for the '26 season, the test is at the end of January, so getting a car ready for that point requires slightly earlier decision points.
"And clearly everything's new - there's zero carryover - so there's lots of work there and Adrian's just been focused on that."
Alonso's 'heartbreaking' result
Despite Aston Martin's car having not made the progress hoped for, Alonso is still trying his best to haul it forwards - and bag his first points of the season.
He admitted that it was especially hard to be doing what he is doing and finishing races just outside the points - his 11th place in Saudi Arabia is also where he came home in Japan.
"I hope there is stuff coming that can change the situation at the moment," Alonso said on Sunday.
"We are not where we wanted to be. Japan and here was especially heartbreaking to be P11 with the race I think we did. To not score any points or to not have any luck is sad, but it shows that we keep pushing.
"When we are fighting for the podiums we give our 100%. When we are fighting for P12 or P11 we still give our 100%. So this is what we will continue to do in the next races and all through this year.
"I think it's going to be difficult to score any points but we will keep trying."
