Difficult day out on the Dutch sand dunes

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One® Team driver, Lance Stroll, finished P13 in the 2024 Dutch Grand Prix, where he'd previously placed P11 in 2023.

FP1 affected by rain

The weekend’s first Free Practice was affected by wind and rain, resulting in Lance briefly coming out on Wet tyres.

Later in the session, as the track began to dry, Lance switched to Intermediates. He pitted with 17 minutes to go.

Towards the end of the session, a dry line had appeared and the track was dry enough for Lance to complete his final stint on Softs.

He finished FP1 in P11

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Drier conditions for FP2

Conditions in FP2 were considerably drier. Lance began on Mediums and collected important information. As weather for the Grand Prix was forecast to be dry, any data collected in dry conditions was invaluable.

A Red Flag briefly interrupted the session, after which Lance continued on Softs.

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Limited time on track in FP3

Further rain affected track conditions, so Lance worked throughout FP3 on Intermediates.

A Red Flag impacted running 15 minutes into the session.

FP3 resumed with only two minutes to go, allowing Lance to collect some last-minute data on Intermediates. He finished the weekend's final Free Practice in P8.  

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Lance qualifies in the top ten

Track conditions were dry throughout Qualifying, allowing Lance to run Soft tyres throughout the session.

With ten minutes of Q1 to go, Lance was in fourth. Later in the first Qualifying segment, he went fourth again, 0.143 away from P1 as the track began to ramp up.

He got safely through to Q2 in P10, with a time of 1:11.518.

Lance continued to complete strong laps and, after setting the fastest first sector, went P4 on his final lap of Q2.

The wind began to pick up as the session went on, resulting in track temperature changes.

With six minutes to go, Lance came onto track for his first and only lap. He ultimately classified P9.

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Challenging day at the Dutch Grand Prix

After a penalty for Alex Albon, Lance started the race from P8 on the Medium tyre.

At the end of Lap 30, Lance made his first and only pit stop. He pitted from P10 for Hard tyres and rejoined the track in P16.

While entering the pitlane for his pitstop, Lance experienced a lock up which unfortunately meant he exceeded the pitlane speed limit, resulting in a five-second penalty.

On Lap 40, Lance was part of a group of cars jostling for positions and he was able to successfully gain a place.

A few laps later, Lance made a solid overtake on Albon.

After a difficult Grand Prix, Lance concluded the race in P13.

His season will continue on 30 August-1 September with the Italian Grand Prix.

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

We knew we had some faster cars starting behind us today, so it wasn't a surprise to see [Lewis] Hamilton and [Carlos] Sainz passing us. From that point on, the focus was on holding position as we didn't really have the pace in the car to challenge for more. We'll debrief on this weekend and then shift our focus to Monza, knowing we need to keep pushing to bring additional performance

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