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Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will qualify for the starting grid of the 2026 Madrid Formula One Grand Prix.

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Aston Martin drivers Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll will qualify for the starting grid of the 2026 Madrid Formula One Grand Prix.

“No, they will. They will be able to get onto the grid at the”

A correspondent · SAfm · Top Sport · 11 Sept 2026

The verdict· graded 13 Sept

Both Aston Martins made the grid for the 2026 Spanish Grand Prix at Madrid: Alonso qualified 18th (starting 17th after a penalty to Sainz) and Stroll, who set no time in Q1, started 22nd after grid penalties. (Corrected by the desk: the automated verdict had graded this incorrect on a misread of the classification.)

The speaker said both drivers would get onto the grid, not where they would qualify. Both did.

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