Lance Stroll: Aston Martin driver out of pre-season test after cycling accident

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Lance StrollLance Stroll has driven for Aston Martin since 2021

Lance Stroll is to miss this week's pre-season trial aft suffering "minor injuries" successful a cycling accident.

The Canadian's Aston Martin squad person not yet decided however to screen his lack implicit the 3 days successful Bahrain starting connected Thursday.

Stroll's wounded means determination is simply a hazard helium could miss the opening contention play astatine the aforesaid way connected 3-5 March.

That anticipation volition apt pass Aston Martin's determination connected utilizing 1 of their reserve drivers astatine the test.

Aston Martin tin take from either Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne, the reigning Formula E champion who raced successful F1 for McLaren successful 2017-18, oregon Brazilian Felipe Drugovich, the reigning Formula 2 champion, who would beryllium a rookie if helium raced.

Their different contention driver, the two-time satellite champion Fernando Alonso, volition beryllium keen to bash arsenic overmuch investigating arsenic imaginable arsenic helium has joined the squad for this season.

The 41-year-old Spaniard said astatine the Aston Martin motorboat past week that the accustomed bounds of 1 and a fractional days of investigating for each operator would apt mean helium was not afloat up to speed for the commencement of the season.

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