Lance places P12 in the Lone Star State

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One® Team driver, Lance Stroll, finished P12 in the 2025 United States Grand Prix, where he’d previously placed P15 in 2024.

A single Free Practice

A heat hazard was declared ahead of the weekend and strong wind was reported.

Lance started the weekend’s only Free Practice session by running one lap on the Mediums. He then switched to the Hards and stayed on them for the majority of the session.

For the final 10 minutes, Lance switched to the Soft tyres.

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Tricky conditions

Temperatures were higher than 32°C when Sprint Qualifying got underway, creating challenging conditions at Circuit of the Americas.

After a successful SQ1, Lance was through to SQ2 in P14.

With three minutes remaining in SQ2, Lance was on his second push lap and looking to improve his time. However, a slight moment in Turn 6 meant he had to abort the lap and ultimately qualified P14.

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Misfortune in the Sprint

By the afternoon, a 15km/h tailwind was impacting the exit of Turn One. The start to the Sprint saw several incidents into this corner, with Lance obtaining damage.

Lance pitted for a new front wing and Medium tyres and looked to make up positions.

By Lap 12, Lance was up to P13 after an overtake on Gabriel Bortoleto.

When attempting another overtake on Lap 16, Lance locked up and his race subsequently came to an unfortunate end. He also picked up a five-place grid penalty for the Grand Prix.

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A challenging Qualifying

The team worked hard to repair Lance’s car ahead of Qualifying.

With a minute to go in Q1, Lance was in P17 and on a push lap. Though he initially improved by 0.334 seconds and was through to the next segment, exceeding track limits meant his lap was deleted. He qualified P18.

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Sunday Stateside

The warm weather conditions continued into Sunday.

Following his five-place penalty, Lance began the United States Grand Prix from P19.

He chose to start on the Soft tyre, opting for an alternate strategy, and began making gains. He made up a position off the line, and by Lap 5, was up to P17.

On Lap 7, a Virtual Safety Car period began following a collision on track. Racing resumed on Lap 9, and soon after, Lance overtook Colapinto to move into P14.

After an excellent series of overtakes, Lance was in P12 by the midpoint of the race. He pitted at the end of Lap 28 and returned to the track in P16 on Mediums.

Once all drivers had made one pitstop, Lance was in P14. On Lap 34, he gained another position with an overtake on Bortoleto.

A few laps later, Lance was up to P12 and challenging Liam Lawson for P11.

Ultimately, Lance concluded the United States Grand Prix in P12, just outside of the points.

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

Today was a fun race – we made our way through the race attacking with some good overtakes and picked up a couple of positions. We were close to getting to the points, but it was always going to be tricky from where we were starting – we did the best we could. The car was feeling good today and became a bit more alive with the change of wind direction. So a positive Sunday considering yesterday and now looking ahead to Mexico next week.