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Alonso reveals secret of Aston Martin’s back-to-front F1 Hungarian GP qualifying

Aston Martin is a rare sight in Q3 this season. Until this weekend, Fernando Alonso had reached the final phase of a 2025 Formula 1 qualifying session just four times, team-mate Lance Stroll only once.

Only at Imola back in May have both cars started in the top 10. In Spa the Aston Martins were slowest of all in qualifying, both eliminated in Q1, and Stroll only started from 16th because four drivers in front of him (including Alonso) changed set-ups in parc ferme, dictating a pitlane start. 

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