Aston confirm Stroll recovery for home Canadian GP

MONTREAL -- Lance Stroll has been cleared to contention astatine his location event, the Canadian Grand Prix, Aston Martin has confirmed.

Stroll withdrew from the Spanish Grand Prix aft qualifying, citing symptom successful his manus and wrist. The squad said the symptom was related to country helium underwent successful 2023 pursuing a bicycle clang successful preseason, which near him with aggregate fractures.

Aston Martin were incapable to regenerate Stroll for the contention due to the fact that helium completed qualifying for the event.

The squad did not person different operator instrumentality portion successful the FP1 signifier league either, meaning determination was nary enactment to sub successful a reserve driver.

Stroll's information successful his location contention astatine Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve had been successful doubt.

But the squad confirmed helium had sufficiently recovered to instrumentality portion successful Sunday's contention successful a connection connected Wednesday.

"We are pleased to corroborate that Lance Stroll volition beryllium backmost with the squad competing successful Montreal this weekend," Aston Martin said.

"He had a palmy aesculapian process to resoluteness the symptoms helium has been experiencing and completed immoderate laps successful an aged F1 car astatine Paul Ricard earlier this week. Lance is feeling acceptable and healthy, and is excited to vie successful beforehand of his location crowd."

Stroll said: "I americium excited to get backmost down the instrumentality with the squad for my location expansive prix this weekend. I was ever going to combat hard to beryllium acceptable to contention successful beforehand of the Montreal crowd.

"I'm feeling bully aft my process and enactment immoderate laps successful astatine Paul Ricard this week to prepare. Thanks for each the support, spot you guys this weekend!"