Lance narrowly misses out on points at Silverstone

Lance Stroll narrowly missed out on points at the 2022 British Grand Prix after finishing 11th at the Silverstone International Circuit.

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After making an early exit in Saturday’s rain-afflicted qualifying, Lance started from 20th on the mid-range Medium tyre, intent on returning to the top 10.

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When the Grand Prix got underway, he successfully avoided a major multi-car collision in Turn One, which subsequently led to the race being red flagged.

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Upon its resumption, again from a standing start, Lance was shuffled from 14th to 17th but quickly regained three positions before pitting on lap 16 of 52.

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Switching onto the Hard tyres, he rejoined the race in 17th but quickly took 16th by sweeping past AlphaTauri’s Yuki Tsunoda.

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A stoppage for Esteban Ocon on lap 39 brought out the Safety Car and allowed Lance to pit onto the Medium tyre, re-joining in 12th.

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Once the Alpine was retrieved, racing was resumed, and Lance made his move on Nicholas Latifi to take 11th position.

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Despite closing the gap to Kevin Magnussen, Lance narrowly missed out on the final points-scoring position by only 1.1557 seconds to take home 11th.

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‍Lance Stroll – Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One™ Team Driver

“I thought we had a reasonably positive race. The cars showed much better pace than yesterday, so it is a shame I was not able to score some points. We are still learning and understanding the upgrades but, based on the race today, I see potential for the races to come. I am glad Zhou [Guanyu] and Alex are okay after the crash at the start.”

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