Lance Stroll will not compete in the Spanish Grand Prix, this Sunday in Barcelona. The Canadian pilot of the Aston Martin stable, who had signed the 14th time for qualifying on Saturday, had to give up the race due to pain and a wrist.
Do not look for Lance Stroll on the starting grid of the Spanish Grand Prix, this Sunday afternoon in Barcelona (3:00 p.m.). The young 26 -year -old pilot of the Aston Martin stable will not defend his chances on the Catalan circuit, ninth round of the season of the F1 World Championship. If the Canadian had normally participated in the qualifying session on Saturday, who had seen the teammate of Fernando Alonso signing the 14th time, he had to give up on Sunday’s race.
On Saturday in a press release published shortly after these qualifications marked by the return of Oscar Piastri in the shoes of Poleman, the British team had announced the Stroll package for the Grand Prix. The fault of “pain with a hand and a wrist”. Linked evils, still to believe the publication of Aston Martin, in the operation that the native of Montreal had suffered in 2023.
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Two years ago, the former representative of the Williams stable had to undergo surgery after being the victim in Spain of a bicycle accident on which no one ever wanted to dwell on (“I cannot say more because it is a private subject,” said Aston Martin Mike Krack at the time) and who had caused three fractures (right wrists right foot) as well as a partial fracture in the right hand.
Forced at the time to draw a line on winter tests, the Canadian, who had been able to answer present for the first meeting of the season, in Bahrain, does not yet know if he will be able to take part in the next round, on June 15 on his land. “Lance will undergo a new procedure to correct these problems before focusing on its convalescence,” said Aston Martin on Saturday, who will only align the Alonso on Sunday on the grid.
