Lance ready to ‘push hard’ in Portuguese Grand Prix

Lance is positive ahead of the Portuguese Grand Prix despite qualifying in P17.

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The windy weather conditions made Saturday tricky for all drivers especially Lance as he tried to muscle his AMR21 machine around the twisty, undulating Portimão circuit.

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Despite a promising start to proceedings on Friday, the Saturday conditions hindered the Canadian driver throughout the day as he struggled for pace in FP3, ending the morning session in P16.

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There was little improvement to the gusty weather going into Q1 and Lance was unable to find a comfortable balance with the car, coupled with hitting traffic at the end of the session, Lance was unable to improve on a qualifying place of P17.

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Lance Stroll – Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One™ Team Driver

“A difficult qualifying session and we did not manage to build on the performance level we showed yesterday. I was not very comfortable in the car today and I could not lean on it as much. The traffic at the end of Q1 also did not help and cost me some time on my second run. It is quite a change from yesterday, so we will go away and understand where we can improve and do better next time. Even though today’s result is disappointing, I think we will be stronger in the race. That has been the case in the previous two races. It is a track where we saw lots of overtaking last year and I will be pushing hard to make up ground tomorrow. With a strong first lap and a good strategy, I think we can score points.”

Lance will be on track for the PortugueseGP on Sunday May 2 from 3pm BST.

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