A tricky race for Lance in the Styrian sunshine

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team driver, Lance Stroll, concluded the Austrian Grand Prix in P14 where he'd previously placed P13 in 2024.

Practice at the Ring

Lance began the weekend’s sessions on the Medium tyres. After setting 11 laps, he switched to Softs until the end. Totalling 32 laps, Lance set a time of 1:06:160.

Later in the day, he collected information on the Hard tyres for the first half of FP2. At the midway point, he briefly switched to Softs before returning to Hards to conclude the session. He finished in P4, with a time of 1:05:022.

Lance began Saturday morning with a single lap on both the Hards and the Mediums. He then switched to a fresh set of Mediums to continue running. With 15 minutes to go, Lance returned to the track on Softs and finished the session in eighth.

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A tough Qualifying

During Qualifying for the Austrian Grand Prix, track temperatures were up to 48°C. In the changed conditions, the AMR25 wasn't as competitive as it had been in Free Practice.

The car was lacking grip in Q1, resulting in Lance qualifying P16.

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Further difficulty in warm conditions

During the hottest day of the weekend, Lance began from P16 on Mediums.

Following an incident on the first lap, a Safety Car period began. At this point, Lance was up to P13.

Drivers ahead of Lance began to pit. By Lap 26, he was up to P7 and made his first pitstop for Hard tyres. His second stop came on Lap 54, when he switched to Softs for his final stint.

Throuhgout his race, the tyres of the AMR25 were degrading in the warm weather.

Lance finished the Austrian Grand Prix in P14.

His season will continue on 4-6 July with the British Grand Prix.

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Lance Stroll, Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team, said:

"We knew coming here it was always going to be a difficult weekend. We showed some early signs of decent pace in Free Practice but couldn't keep the positive momentum with the hotter temperatures over the rest of the weekend.

"It was always going to be challenging starting the race so far back today, but I also struggled with tyre degradation early on and we had to adapt our strategy because of that. We will have to look into it and use the coming days to prepare for Silverstone where we go again next week."