For a second day in a row, Lance Stroll was unable to bring his Williams car back to the pits without damage. The 18-year-old lost control of his car just after the straight out of the pits, while he was in the heat-up on Wednesday afternoon. Without going into the specifics, the principal indicated that it was a mechanical problem.
For his second day as Formula 1 official driver, Lance Stroll came out twice from the track, which made him total three errors in two days. The Canadian was able to ride a hundred laps, which is quite positive, and work at a good pace, but his day ended for good when the front end of the FW40 crashed into the tires.
“It’s a shame that it happened at the end of the day. We are seeing what happened but it was a bit of a surprise but it happened at the end of the day and we still Could work, the team is quite happy with this day,” he told media.
“It was a good day, I made 100 laps, I got used to the car with long and short stints. Unfortunately there was this small problem at the end, I was the victim of an event On the car that caused me to escape. It happened and I have to find out what it was.
Although a very substantial test program was deployed by Williams and funded by his father, Lance Stroll discovered the reality of these new single-seaters, pruned for racing and performance.
“The support is more important, the grip too but I’m not surprised,” he said. “It’s another car, quite simply, we still have to accumulate the kilometers, we have not tried all the compounds yet.”
“I’m going to approach the next week in an even more positive way, I spent time at the wheel, I finally answered all the questions I had about the feeling with these cars. Is very good and it allows me to be positive in view of the second week.” he added.
Lance Stroll will make his Formula One debut with the Williams team in 2017. (Source:www.thetelegraph.co.uk)
The Canadian did a lot of distance with an old FW36 in an exclusive test program that began at the end of 2016. However, this week was his first impression of a modern car.
