Lance Stroll has withdrawn from the Components 1 Spanish Grand Prix, after qualifying 14th.
The Aston Martin driver superior into Q2, however couldn’t discover a spot in Q3. Following the qualifying session, Stroll remained within the storage for 5 minutes and didn’t instantly report back to the FIA Technical Delegate to be weighed, per FIA laws.
In a Technical Delegate Report from Jo Bauer, the FIA Components 1 Technical Delegate, Bauer famous partially: “Firstly the driving force stayed 5 minutes within the groups storage earlier than continuing to the scales and secondly he didn’t proceed by the pit-lane.”
Based on a publish from the workforce on social media, the driving force is coping with recurring hand and wrist ache “which his medical advisor believes is in relation to the process he underwent in 2023.”
Staff assertion:
Over the course of the previous six weeks Lance has been experiencing ache in his hand and wrist, which his medical advisor believes is in relation to the process he underwent in 2023.Consequently his medical workforce have confirmed that he is not going to race tomorrow…
— Aston Martin Aramco F1 Staff (@AstonMartinF1) Could 31, 2025
Stroll underwent surgical procedure forward of the 2023 season for a fracture and displacement in his proper wrist, a fracture in his left wrist, a partial fracture in his left hand, and a fracture within the massive toe on his proper foot. The Aston Martin driver suffered these accidents whereas biking forward of the season.
The damage and subsequent surgical procedure prevented Stroll from taking part in pre-season testing, however he climbed into the AMR23 for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Regardless of nonetheless coping with ache, he completed sixth in that race.
As famous by the workforce within the assertion on social media, Stroll will “bear a process to rectify these points earlier than specializing in his restoration.”
This calls into query his standing not only for Sunday’s Spanish Grand Prix, however maybe different races this season.
Aston Martin reserve driver Felipe Drugovich can not substitute Stroll on the Spanish Grand Prix, as he didn’t take part within the qualifying session on Saturday.
