Alonso sees a ‘proper test’ for Aston Martin at the Spanish Grand Prix after a ‘positive’ Imola

At the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix, the British team brought some updates to their car, which looked to have improved their performance as both the Spaniard and Lance Stroll sealed spots inside the top ten.

However, Alonso just missed out on his first points of the season at Imola, with an untimely safety car resulting in him coming over the radio to brand himself the "unluckiest driver in the world".

With some positive steps forward in Imola, Alonso is hopeful, but not entirely sure, about how the Silverstone-based team will fare at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya.

"We don't know. That's the question mark," the 43-year-old said in the paddock on Thursday at the Monaco Grand Prix.

"But I don't know. Let's see how it goes. Even though this is a very different track, I think Barcelona will be more of a proper test. But yeah, Imola was good. Happy with that," the Spaniard continued.

But even with these new updates that have come for Alonso and Aston Martin, little change has been seen or felt in terms of the driveability of the AMR25.

"Not dramatically, I would say," the Spaniard stated when asked if there had been any improvement in the feel of the car.

"Obviously, that was new for us. In the previous races, we could only keep up the pace for six or seven corners. In Imola, we kept for ten laps, so it was definitely a positive weekend," concluded an optimistic Alonso.