Progress in the Lone Star State

Aston Martin Aramco Formula One™ Team driver Lance Stroll finished the 2026 United States Grand Prix in P15, with lots of learnings to take away. Keep reading to learn more about how the Grand Prix weekend progressed.

Kicking off the weekend at COTA

Lance began on the Medium compound in Free Practice One. With 15 minutes to go, he pitted for Softs. He concluded the session in P13.

Later in the day, he tested the Hard tyre. With just over half of the session still to come, Lance switched back to the Softs to continue learning. In the final 15 minutes, he returned to the Hards.

In the weekend’s final Free Practice, taking place on Saturday, Lance continued his learnings on the Medium and Soft compounds.

He concluded with a total of 65 laps collected across all three practice sessions..

WATCH: 2026 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX FREE PRACTICE ONE HIGHLIGHTS

Austin Qualifying

After a total of 9 laps in Qualifying, a time of 1:36.677 saw Lance initially qualify P18.

Following post-Qualifying penalties for other drives, Lance was due to start P16. However, he and the team opted to take a new power unit after damage, resulting in a pit lane start.

WATCH: 2026 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX QUALIFYING HIGHLIGHTS

P15 in the Grand Prix

On the Medium tyre, Lance made steady progress during the first 10 laps, climbing to P20.

His first pitstop came at the end of Lap 15 for Softs.

28 laps in, at the midpoint of the race, Lance was running in P18, showing pace and getting involved in the action.

Lance’s second and final pitstop was made at the end of Lap 42 from P16. He switched to fresh Softs for the final 14 laps.

Shortly after, Lance passed Alex Albon to claim P15, and he crossed the finish line eight laps later.

His season will continue on 30 October-1 November with the Mexico City Grand Prix.

WATCH: 2026 UNITED STATES GRAND PRIX RACE HIGHLIGHTS

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

We had to make some changes to the car after Qualifying because of damage, so we started from the pit lane. Our pace was a bit more competitive today and I was racing [Alex] Albon for a lot of the race. There was a bit of overtaking too which was nice. We saw a big loss of load in the final laps though, so we need to go away and understand that.