Miami | Aston Martin has already gone through happier sequences since his arrival in F1 in 2021. Whether in Miami, Japan or Bahrain, the British team is unable to get out of his slump. The hope of good performance crumbles as Stroll says that the “racing car is too slow”.
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“It is not a surprise. We expected that. As we know, reported the Quebec driver quickly released in the first segment of the qualification session on Saturday afternoon.
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“We are really slow. There is no pace with this car, “he added on the eve of the Grand Prix where he will start from the last line in 19th position.
Having completed its fastest turn in 1: 27, 830, Stroll rolled 1.6 seconds from the pole holder, Max Verstappen, and almost half a second behind Liam Lawson (15th).
Encore
This is a fourth outing in the first segment of qualifiers at a Grand Prix. Nothing to improve his file when he was the target of mockery two weeks ago to have become the pilot with the most outings in Q1 in career.
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His only foray into the third segment occurred during the Sprint event in China. He then signed the 10th time.
Even if his teammate Fernando Alonso does a little better in qualifying, it was Stroll, which has scored the 14 points of Aston Martin so far this season.
He was able to take advantage of the opportunities by piloting under the radar during the animated races in Australia, China and Miami.
Positive, a little …
Because at the beginning of the afternoon at the International Autodrome, he still took the 5th row of the Sprint race which took place in the rain and in chaos.
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“It was a good race. The stars were aligned with the temperature. We made the right decisions in a surprising test filled with twists and turns, analyzed the one who quickly changed his tires for smooth tender gums following the strategy of Lewis Hamilton (3rd).
“After the race, we made positive adjustments to the car, but still there, we knew that we were unable to add the desired speed.
“Everyone knows that we do not have the pace necessary to fight at the front of the peloton,” he chained. We have to hope for races filled with twists and turns or extreme conditions to hope to pick up points. We want to be competitive with each race, but we are not there. ”
Rain dance
Precisely, Stroll and Alonso cross their fingers so that the rain plays the Miami Grand Prix on Sunday afternoon. It is also in weather forecasts.
Piloting on wet roads is one of its forces.
“I hope a deluge and water rivers,” he smiled before setting sails to the paddocks.
The start of the race will be given at 4 p.m. on Sunday.
