Aston Martin has confirmed who will be Fernando Alonso’s teammate in the Canadian Grand Prix. Last weekend in Barcelona, Lance Stroll, was forced to pull out after suffering severe discomfort in the hand he had surgery on in 2023, and his participation in his home race was in doubt. Aston Martin has cleared up the uncertainty.
Stroll and his hand relapse
There has been much speculation about what happened to Lance Stroll in Barcelona. After digging himself out of qualifying, out of Q3, the Canadian driver got out of the car and had a big argument with his engineer and part of the team. There were shouts and blows, and immediately afterwards, the driver left the pits and went straight to the medical center, even skipping the mandatory weight check that drivers must undergo after each session.
Some attribute the pain in his right hand to the blows Stroll inflicted on himself when he got out of the car. However, the team has denied these reports, confirming that the discomfort had been there for some time and had eventually become a problem, to the point of preventing him from racing in Barcelona.
Since Barcelona, there has been speculation about the driver’s possible withdrawal from the Canadian Grand Prix, an event that Stroll did not want to miss under any circumstances as it is being held on his home turf. There has been speculation about a possible operation, which has not been confirmed, and that he would not make it to the race. Felipe Drugovich, the team’s third driver, has been eagerly awaiting to find out if he would have a chance to race with the Asturian driver, and finally, the question has been answered.
Fernando Alonso already knows his teammate for Canada
Finally, Lance Stroll will be at the Canadian F1 Grand Prix this weekend. This has been confirmed by the team, and the driver himself is delighted to be able to race on a circuit that is special to him.
“I’m excited to get back behind the wheel with the team for my home Grand Prix this weekend. I was always going to fight hard to be ready to race in front of the Montreal crowd,” said the Canadian, visibly thrilled to be returning home.
Aston Martin’s options in Canada
After three races where Aston Martin did not have a favorable circuit, but in which they achieved their best results of the season, the Canadian Grand Prix presents a great opportunity to measure the new AMR25. The team’s aspirations are to make it into Q3 and finish in the points next Sunday. Aston Martin wants to continue fighting in the midfield until the next updates arrive, scheduled for the Silverstone GP, which will be held on the first weekend of July, one week after the Austrian GP. In that race, Aston Martin hopes that the AMR25 will take another step forward and be able to fight for the top of the midfield, even fight for a podium, but that is still a little less than a month away, and now it is time to focus on Canada.
It is a race in which Fernando Alonso will be able to count on his teammate Lance Stroll, a great driver who lives in the shadow of big stars and is noted for the influence of his father, but who in his years in F1 has proven to be a good driver, although living in the shadow of the Oviedo native must be difficult.