Lance Stroll reveals the reason behind his high speed crash during the Singapore GP qualifying session 

Lance Stroll has broken silence on his disappointing qualifying session at Singapore.

Lance Stroll reveals the reason behind his high speed crash during the Singapore GP qualifying session 

Lance Stroll (Via Imago)

The 2023 Singapore GP qualifying session was filled with drama and entertainment. It was clear that the track evolution is going to become a huge problem during qualifying. This led to Lance Stroll and many others pushing as hard as possible in order to escape the elimination zones. Nevertheless, the Canadian driver’s efforts were all in vain, as he went on to have an early exit from the session.

Saturday didn’t go as planned for Lance Stroll, who was satisfied with the car’s progress after FP3. With his radio messages talking about impeding drivers, it was clear that Stroll was pushing as hard as possible. In the final corner, Lance understeered over a kerb and sent his Aston Martin into the barriers.  Thankfully, he was able to escape without any injuries. 

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Speaking about his incident to RacingNews365, here is what he had to say. “I was just not really improving my lap time much to get through to Q2, so I sent it in the last corner, tried to make up some time and it was not doable,” he said. “We were feeling good after FP3, but it just didn’t go our way at all with bad out laps, traffic, poor tyre preparation. When those things pile up it turns into a negative spiral, then the result of that was having the crash,” he continued. 

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Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin had bounced back into the middle of the track

After Lance Stroll’s car came in contact with the tech pro barrier, most of the impact had been absorbed. However, the car bounced back into the middle of the track while the front right wheel was also disconnected from the car and on the circuit. It was a scary situation but the FIA immediately brought out the Red Flag to avoid any further collisions. Lando Norris managed to avoid the car despite being right behind Stroll. 

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Lance Stroll (Via Motorsport.com)

With the extensive damage that has been done to the car, it could take all night to repair it. This could mean a pit lane start for the Canadian driver. With Carlos Sainz on pole and Charles Leclerc in P3, it will surely be interesting to see who emerges victorious in Singapore. Sunday’s race is going to be gruelling on the cars and the drivers too. 

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