Insane Aston Martin stat emerges after Miami Grand Prix sprint qualifying and it looks like a typo

A truly shocking statistic about Aston Martin's performance in the Miami Grand Prix sprint qualifying session has emerged, and it's not good.

Formula One is finally back this weekend following an unplanned five-week break caused by the cancellations of the Saudi Arabia and Bahrain Grands Prix.

Ahead of the race on Sunday afternoon, the entire grid will take part in the second sprint race of the season, taking place at 17:00pm BST, with qualifying for the session taking place on Friday evening.

McLaren star Lando Norris claimed pole position in the sprint qualifying session, ahead of championship leader Kimi Antonelli, Oscar Piastri and Charles Leclerc.

At the other end of the grid is Aston Martin, who are having a dreadful season thus far, with the fastest time in sprint qualifying being a 1:41.3, set by Alonso, leaving 21st and 22nd.

This is nearly 14 seconds behind Norris pole setting time of 1:27.8, showing just how far behind the leaders Aston Martin really is, despite coming into the season with a lot of hype following the appointment of legendary designer Adrian Newey.

Alonso's lap was also a staggering 6.4s adrift of the required 107% time, meaning it wasn't even classified on the provisional sprint qualifying classification timing sheet, meaning stewards could in theory bar him from competing in the sprint race.

But the time becomes even more embarrassing for Aston Martin when it is compared to Formula Two's qualifying session, where the slowest time, set by Cian Shields, was a 1:41.1.

This means that Aston Martin would have been last on the Formula Two grid as well as the F1 grid, despite having a massively faster car.

Alonso's lap in sprint qualifying was nearly three seconds behind the pole lap in the F2 qualifying, a 1:39.8 set by Kush Maini.

Thankfully for both Alonso and teammate Lance Stroll, the fact that both drivers were deemed to have been quick enough in the single 90-minute practice session earlier in the day means that stewards have allowed them to take part in the sprint.

The stewards confirmed that “in accordance with Article B2.2.3b of the FIA F1 Regulations, the Stewards grant permission” for both cars to start the race “as the driver[s] set satisfactory times in practice at this competition.”