Could the cycling accident injury, a second angry outburst and very poor performances signal the beginning of the end for Lance Stroll at Aston Martin? - Peter
There are a lot of unanswered questions about this situation, but one that has been answered is whether
Lance Stroll lost his temper in the Aston Martin garage after qualifying on Saturday.
On Sunday morning, this writer and another journalist asked an Aston Martin spokesperson whether claims that Stroll had banged equipment about, sworn at team members, and stormed out of the garage were true.
The spokesperson did not deny the story. They said: "Lance was upset."
Later that evening, an Aston Martin source contacted BBC Sport to deny that anything was broken or that Stroll swore at colleagues. But not the central truth of the story.
This came to light after Aston Martin announced on Saturday evening that Stroll had withdrawn from the race because of pain in his hand and wrist, which they said his medical consultant believed was related to the operation he had after suffering two broken wrists in a cycling accident before the 2023 season.
There are a couple of ways of looking at this.
On the one hand, for Stroll to be so annoyed, apparently about being knocked out in Q2 and being 0.535secs slower than team-mate Fernando Alonso, suggests he is very invested in his attempt to be successful in F1.
Stroll's previous outburst after qualifying came in a similar situation, when he had been over a second slower than Alonso in Qatar in 2023.
But it is very unusual for an F1 driver to deliberately skip a race for an injury or pain of this kind.
Many drivers race with injuries, and Stroll himself raced with two fractures at the start of 2023, after the operation that the team say his medical consultant believes is at the root of his current predicament.
As to whether this is the beginning of the end for Stroll, only he knows.
He has a seat at the team as long as he wants. His father Lawrence owns it, and he essentially bought it so Lance could have a drive in F1, with the aim of becoming world champion.
Stroll is far from the most communicative or amenable of F1 drivers with the media. But, whenever he is asked, he always says he is committed to F1 and the team.
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