Lance ends Dutch GP in P12

Lance finished Formula 1’s Dutch Grand Prix in P12 after his qualifying setback proved too much to overcome at tricky-to-pass Zandvoort.

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With a free choice of tyres for starting outside of the top 10, Lance and his team opted to begin the race from P12 on the Soft tyres..

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As the lights went out, Lance began his pursuit of George Russell in P11, and the Canadian was consistently quicker than the Williams driver, though unable to find a way past.

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Lance pitted on lap 27 of 72, switching from the Soft tyres to a set of new Hard tyres before re-joining in P16.

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By lap 35, Lance had moved into P14 after overtaking the Alfa Romeo of Robert Kubica down the start/finish straight and into the Tarzan hairpin.

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He continued his pursuit of Russell and P12 for the remainder of the race.

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A late retirement for Russell promoted him into P12, where he ended the race.

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Lance Stroll – Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team Driver

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“We can see from the race just how important qualifying is and unfortunately we were compromised yesterday, so we had it all to do today. I made an OK start off the line, but I was not able to make up any places. After that, I could only really follow George [Russell] for the majority of the race in a train of cars. Without a significant tyre delta, it is almost impossible to overtake here. We will look into the strategy to see what else we could have done, but I do not think we could have done a lot differently. Zandvoort is a great track to drive and it is definitely more of a Saturday circuit. I am happy to see it on the calendar, but perhaps there are ways to look into improving overtaking on a Sunday. For now, we will reset and focus on Monza.”

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F1 moves on to Monza for the Italian Grand Prix with FP1 getting underway at 1:30PM BST on Friday September 10.

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