{"id":103936,"date":"2025-08-30T23:54:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T23:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/103936\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T23:54:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T23:54:10","slug":"lance-stroll-explains-really-frustrating-qualifying-crash-in-zandvoort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/103936\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Stroll explains \u2018really frustrating\u2019 Qualifying crash in Zandvoort"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Lance Stroll has given a downbeat assessment of his prospects for the Dutch Grand Prix after a spin into the barriers during Qualifying put him out of the session, meaning that he will line up at the back of the grid in P20.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">After a <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/watch-stroll-suffers-heavy-crash-in-fp2-at-the-dutch-grand-prix.4Ki7nyfwLwkHAk3mTMa6dJ\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hefty crash in Friday\u2019s Free Practice 2<\/a> cut short the Canadian\u2019s running on that occasion, repair work from the <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/teams\/aston-martin\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Martin<\/a> team ensured that his car was ready for action again come Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">However, following a P8 finish on the timesheets in FP3, <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/lance-stroll\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stroll<\/a>\u2019s Qualifying <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/latest\/article\/piastri-beats-norris-to-pole-position-in-thrilling-zandvoort-qualifying.4rN1I0N2XA7dYLH6VfrgU9\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">came to an early end<\/a> when he dipped a wheel on the grass a few minutes into Q1, sending the AMR25 into a spin across the gravel before hitting the barriers. Click play on the video player above to watch the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">While Stroll was able to keep the car running and limp back to the pits, the damage was seemingly too extensive to send him back out on track, leaving him at the bottom of the order in 20th place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Reflecting on the incident afterwards, Stroll explained: \u201cI got a wheel on the grass and that was it. It\u2019s really frustrating. Nothing more to say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cWe tried to repair what we could, but not possible\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">In terms of how he assesses his chances for the rest of the weekend at Zandvoort, the 26-year-old responded: \u201cAh, difficult, difficult. Our chances now are kind of done.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">On the other side of the garage, <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/drivers\/fernando-alonso\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> capitalised on the pace that Aston Martin had displayed on Friday \u2013 a day in which he ended FP2 in second place on the timesheets \u2013 by progressing through to Q3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">However, the Spaniard had to settle for the final spot in the top 10, having been unable to catch his rivals ahead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">Asked after the session if he was still pleased with his Qualifying efforts, Alonso answered: \u201cYeah, I think so. I think once you are in the top 10 it is already a target achieved on the weekend to enter Q3.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cObviously when you are last in Q3, 10th is not the best starting position but it\u2019s what we deserved today. It\u2019s one tenth and a half in front of us [to] P9, so it\u2019s not like it\u2019s even close, so we need to get better for tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cWe have a different tyre selection than some other teams and hopefully tomorrow it pays off.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">The performance comes after a good outing for the squad just prior to the summer break in Hungary, giving Alonso additional hope for what can be achieved on Sunday at the <a class=\"text-brand-hot-red underline decoration-1 hover:decoration-[3px]\" href=\"https:\/\/www.formula1.com\/en\/racing\/2025\/netherlands\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dutch Grand Prix<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"typography-module_body-s-regular__ul7F5 typography-module_md_body-m-regular__d9VRg typography-module_lg_body-l-regular__dPa5z\">\u201cI think after Spa we needed some Q3 appearances and [to] feel competitive, so the last two weekends have been good,\u201d the 44-year-old conceded.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lance Stroll has given a downbeat assessment of his prospects for the Dutch Grand Prix after a spin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103937,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[1687,372,6537,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-103936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103937"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}