Stroll withdraws from Spanish GP with wrist pain

Lance Stroll has withdrawn from the Spanish Grand Prix owed to symptom successful his manus and wrist.

An Aston Martin connection connected Saturday evening, respective hours aft helium had qualified 14th, confirmed Stroll would not instrumentality portion successful Sunday's race.

Aston said the symptom has been lingering for a period and a fractional and is related to the breached wrist helium sustained successful a grooming bicycle clang connected the eve of the 2023 season.

"Over the people of the past six weeks Lance has been experiencing symptom successful his manus and wrist, which his aesculapian advisor believes is successful narration to the process helium underwent successful 2023," the squad said successful a statement.

"As a effect his aesculapian squad person confirmed that helium volition not contention time and helium volition acquisition a process to rectify these issues earlier focusing connected his recovery."

Aston Martin volition not beryllium capable to regenerate Stroll for Sunday's lawsuit due to the fact that helium qualified for the event.

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

There were indications thing was amiss successful the contiguous aftermath of qualifying. Stroll had been summoned to the stewards aft qualifying for not going to the operator weighbridge erstwhile instructed, a proceeding which was past delayed for "unforeseen circumstances." The withdrawal was confirmed a fewer hours later.

F1's adjacent contention is Stroll's location event, the Canadian Grand Prix successful Montreal connected June 15, but his information for that is present successful doubt.

Aston's reserve drivers are Felipe Drigovich and American F2 operator Jack Crawford.

Stroll qualified 14th for the Spanish Grand Prix connected Saturday but was summoned to the stewards for not going to the operator weighbridge erstwhile summoned.