Lance finishes P15 under the Las Vegas lights

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One® Team driver, Lance Stroll, placed P15 at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Last year, at Formula One’s debut of the Las Vegas Strip Circuit, Lance gained 14 positions to place fifth.  

Tricky conditions on track

Lance began the weekend’s first Free Practice on the Medium tyre. The circuit had low grip and temperatures, resulting in difficult conditions.

With 10 minutes to go, Lance switched to the Soft tyre and reported limited grip.

He finished the session P12.

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Continuing to gather data

Similarly to FP1, Lance began on the Medium tyre before switching to Softs with 40 minutes to go.

After working with the team to gather valuable data ahead of Qualifying and the Grand Prix, he finished the session in P13.

WATCH: 2024 LAS VEGAS FP2 HIGHLIGHTS‍

Lance experiences ERS failure in FP3

The track surface was slippery again in FP3.

Ten minutes into the session, Lance came out for a single lap on the Medium tyre.

Midway through, Lance was back out on the Soft tyre.

Towards the end of FP3, Lance’s AMR24 lost power on track due to an energy recovery system failure. He finished FP3 in P19.

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An unfortunate Qualifying

The team worked hard to change Lance’s energy recovery system ahead of Qualifying.

After a great effort from the team, Lance began Qualifying with less than three minutes to go, enough time for one flying lap

Lance ultimately finished Qualifying in P20. Following his strong recovery race in 2023, where he climbed 14 positions to finish P5, Lance was hopeful that Safety Cars and flags could work in his favour.

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P15 in Las Vegas

Following grid movements for other drivers, Lance started the Grand Prix from P18 on Medium tyres.

On Lap 19, Lance came into the pits and had an unfortunate slow stop which cost him roughly 20 seconds. He rejoined the track on Hards in P20.

After drivers around him made pitstops, Lance was up to P15 by Lap 25.

Lance came in for his second pitstop at the end of Lap 28. On new Hard tyres, he came back out in P18.

The race didn't feature any Safety Cars or flags, meaning Lance was unable to capitalise on those opportunities.

Lance finished the Las Vegas Grand Prix in P15.

His season will continue on 29 November – 1 December with the 2024 Qatar Grand Prix.

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

"It was a difficult race as I had no radio from the first lap so couldn't communicate with the team. We'd planned to stay on the medium tyre for slightly longer at the start of the race, but I could feel it dropping off quickly and wanted to get on the hard tyre. I just couldn't get that message through to the pit wall. It meant that, when I did come in, the team wasn't prepared for the stop and so it cost us about 20 seconds.

"We knew it was going to be a tough race, but I think P12 could have been possible without the radio issues causing a slow stop. As a team, we know where we need to improve the car but there's still a lot of work to do to get there.

"Finally, congratulations to Max [Verstappen] on his fourth Championship title – it's really well deserved."