Progress in Imola for Lance

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team driver, Lance Stroll, finished the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in P15 where he'd previously placed P9 in 2024.

Kicking the weekend off

Lance began the weekend’s first Free Practice running the team’s new upgrades, collecting valuable data which could be used for comparisons of performance.

He completed a number of runs on the Soft compound tyre throughout the hour session.

With only a minute left on the clock, a red flag brought the session to a premature finish. Lance ended FP1 in P11 after completing 23 laps.

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Further data collection

Free Practice 2 allowed for further data collection, running on both the Soft and Medium compound tyres.

With six minutes to go, a Red Flag put a pause to running.

When the session resumed, there were only two minutes remaining which gave Lance enough time to complete a practice start. He ended the session in P17.

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Final fine-tune

The final Free Practice session of the weekend gave Lance the opportunity to run on the Hard and Soft compound tyres.

Lance finished the final session in P13 after completing 22 laps.

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A strong Qualifying

Lance began Qualifying on the Soft compound tyre, but a Red Flag came out with 12 minutes left of Q1.

At the resumption, Lance’s pace looked positive, and he managed to get a final lap in just before a second Red Flag was flown. He finished Q1 in P4 on the Medium compound.

Q2 had a delayed start, and Lance ran his final stint in the session on the Medium tyre. This proved well as he progressed into Q3 in P7.

After making it into Q3 for the first time this season, Lance set his final lap on the Medium again, and secured a P8 start. His best starting position of the year, and best ever start in Imola.

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Racing in the Sunshine State

Lance began the Emilia-Romagna Grand Prix in P8 on the Medium compound tyre.

He retained his position on the start and stayed there until he circulated up to P5 on Lap 13 as others ahead made their first stops.

Lance made his pitstop on Lap 15 and emerged in P17 on the Hards.

A virtual safety car was called on Lap 29, and as others pitted he moved up to P9.

Racing resumed on Lap 32 and Lance defended well against the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc until he was overtaken a lap later.

The Safety Car was called on Lap 47, where Lance was running in P13. He made a second pit stop for the Medium tyre a lap later and emerged P15.

Racing resumed again on Lap 54 and Lance remained in the same position, finishing the race in P15.

His season will continue on May 23-25 with the Monaco Grand Prix.

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

The start of the race felt okay: I managed to pull away from Gasly and hold onto Albon in front of me. Unfortunately, with the Virtual Safety Car phase and the way the race unfolded, it didn't play out well for us today. Without the Virtual Safety Car, we might have been able to finish in the points so bad luck and a disappointing result. We now need to look to Monaco next week and see if we can continue to show signs of positive improvements with the update as it's a very different track.