A challenging day beneath the Spanish sun

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One® Team driver, Lance Stroll, finished P14 at the Spanish Grand Prix, where he'd previously placed sixth in 2023.

Free Practice

Lance and the team focused on gathering data across different tyre types during the weekend’s Free Practice sessions.

After working on long runs during Practice on Friday, Lance and the team began analysing data to ensure they were in the best position ahead of Qualifying and the Grand Prix.

When warmer weather hit the weekend's final Free Practice session, Lance was able to gather data on how the tyre compounds performed in higher temperatures.

After experiencing contact in FP3, Lance had some floor damage which the team worked on fixing ahead of Qualifying.

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Qualifying

In Q1, Lance got through to the second segment of Qualifying in P15.

He was P14 after the first runs of Q2. With over four minutes to go, Lance came out to set another lap. He initially moved up to P10 with his new time of 1:12:372 but unfortunately ended up getting knocked out of Q2.  

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Grand Prix

Lance began the Spanish Grand Prix from P14 on Soft tyres. He moved up to P13 on the first lap and then went on to overtake team-mate Fernando Alonso for P12 on Lap 7.

At the end of Lap 17, Lance pitted from P5 and opted for Mediums.

As of Lap 37, Lance was up to P13 after drivers around him pitted. He then chose to pit for a set of Hards and came back out in P17.

On Lap 42, Lance overtook Valtteri Bottas for P16. After further drivers pitted, Lance moved up to P14 which is where he finished the Grand Prix.

His season will continue on June 28-30 with the Austrian Grand Prix.

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Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Aramco F1®️ driver, said:

"We knew today was going to be a challenge, but it was still a tough race out there. We went for the two-stop strategy and, as expected, a lot of the race was spent managing tyre degradation. We weren't competitive enough this weekend, so we have work to do ahead of Austria to find some more performance."

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