Stroll Reveals Details about his Recovery for the Canadian Grand Prix
Pilot Lance Stroll has kept a low profile regarding the details of his rapid recovery from the injury that sidelined him from the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago. Stroll has been cleared to participate in the home race in Montreal this weekend, after missing the event in Barcelona. The Aston Martin driver abruptly withdrew from the event after qualifying, complaining of pain in his right hand related to surgery following an injury sustained in 2023. In the press conference for his home race, Stroll seemed serious and uninterested when questioned about the situation.When asked if he was confident that there would be no recurrence of the problem, he simply replied: “Quite confident. It should be fine.” During much of the press conference, he remained hunched in his chair with his hands in his pockets, hiding his right hand when answering and holding the microphone with his left hand to answer questions. Pressed for more details about the procedure he had to perform to solve the most recent problem, Stroll was cautious.It’s just the old injury I had a couple of years ago. It started bothering me again and… yeah… so… I just fixed it.
Lance Stroll
Later, he answered another question: “As I said before, but I’ll say it again: I felt pain during a couple of races. In Barcelona I felt a lot of pain, so they did a procedure and now I don’t feel pain.” However, Stroll admitted that, when answering another question, his right hand was still “a little sore” after the procedure.He was bothering me for a few weeks in Imola, Monaco and then Barcelona was really brutal all weekend. They did the procedure and I drove this week [in a test in France] and I felt pretty good, so I’m confident.
Lance Stroll
I really don’t want to go into details about what I had to do and how I had to do it, because it’s my medical privacy and I like to keep that confidential.
Lance Stroll
Although Stroll’s teammate, Fernando Alonso, scored a point by finishing tenth, Aston Martin remained ninth in the championship, as Sauber moved up the order thanks to Nico Hulkenberg’s fifth position.
Stroll seemed to downplay another question about whether he had left his team in the dark.There was a sense of confusion in the Formula 1 paddock following Stroll’s withdrawal, with many unanswered questions about the timeline of Stroll’s pain, the late decision to withdraw, and the fact that Aston Martin was left with only one car to compete. There were also other curious factors. Stroll did not deny that version of events when asked about it on Thursday. When asked to clarify what happened, Stroll said: Yes, I was frustrated, for sure. Frustrated with my wrist and the last three races since Imola, and that was just inhibiting my driving. Will continue…As an athlete in any sport, I think you’re always trying to overcome the pain/discomfort as much as you can to try and get a good result at the end of the weekend. In that situation, I was struggling and I was trying to overcome it, but it just didn’t seem sensible to continue, I felt the damage was getting worse and I needed to do something more serious about it.
Lance Stroll
