Lance Stroll moved from 16th to 9th in his home race. Although he saved a point – another one by overtaking on the final straight – the Canadian driver wasn’t entirely satisfied, as the safety car overtook his calculations.
Having finished ahead of regular teammate Fernando Alonso for the first time during the season in Barcelona, Stroll confidently waited for the home weekend, but in Montreal he once again fell short of the Spanish classic. The difference was already big in qualifying, Stroll even received a starting penalty for blocking Esteban Ocon. So he could only start the race from the 16th position.
Of course his goal was to score points from here as well, which he did, albeit not as planned, because he changed his wheel before the safety car stage, which meant that several opponents got the advantage on him by “winning a free stop”. In the next round.
“It was a good catch up, and we managed to collect some pointsHe commented after the gesture. “We had no luck with the safety car because we missed out on changing the cheaper tires with one lap, while the cars around us were able to take advantage of that opportunity. So the focus was on the rescue, and we tried to score a few points.”
Stroll was able to achieve this after showing several overtaking in the second half of the race. He did the last one, which finished ninth from Bottas, on the last lap, before the finish line, on the finish line.
It is not surprising that the 2017 race in Baku attracted the attention of many, as Bottas overtook him at the finish line and took second place from it. Then the difference between the two was 105 thousand while now it is only 30. “My last nail was fun; I passed Valtteri right before the finish line. It was great to hear the crowd when I got the position. Thank you to everyone who supported me this weekend.” – remarked somewhat resignedly about the final hair.
Reis also asked Bottas for his opinion on what happened, and the Finn immediately pulled a hair up from six years ago and jokingly indicated that he was now linked to the Canadians. “Obviously it’s a shame that we lost the position at the end of the race. But he got it back because I beat him in Baku a few years ago. So here we are.” – Tell.
Valtteri Bottas (Photo: XPB)
