They consider that the Canadian pilot failed to comply with the “rules, policies and procedures” of the competition after his poor classification in Losail
After being eliminated, Stroll gave his trainer a push when he reminded him that he should weigh himself
Lance Stroll He was unable to pass Q1 in qualifying, neither Saturday nor Sunday at the Qatar GP, and ended the weekend without points and put in an ambulance at the end of the race, fainting from the heat. But the Canadian driver still cannot turn the page on his disastrous weekend since The FIA has opened an investigation against him for his bad behavior in the Aston Martin pit.
Given his poor performance and his problems piloting the AMR23 on the Losail circuit, the son of Lawrence Stroll, owner of the team, gave his physical trainer a strong push when he told him that he had to go to the mandatory weigh-in for all riders. participants.
Later, Stroll answered the press with monosyllables in the interview area. For all these reasons, the FIA considers that Fernando Alonso’s teammate had broken the rules, as he has made known through an official statement.
“The FIA Compliance Officer is in talks with Lance Stroll in relation to several incidents that may have contravened FIA rules, policies and procedures during the Qatar Grand Prix,” details the document.
Aston Martin defends him
Mike Krack, director of Aston Martinhas come to Lance’s defense: “When the results are below your own expectations, everything accumulates and, at a given moment, frustration arises. You look at a football player being carried off the field; “He doesn’t want to high-five the coach, he throws his shirt or throws his water bottles, we’ve seen it a lot,” the Luxembourgian underlines.
“Honestly, I always try to delay this as much as possible to get rid of the adrenaline. But I’m sure that “We have between 10 and 20 times less adrenaline on the pit wall than the drivers, but you place the microphone immediately in front of them or measure every reaction they make.”argues Krack, who adds that “emotions are what we want from athletes. If they react, we judge them quickly. I think we should be careful with that. We want to see it, because then we will have something to talk about. But, When you have 10 people sitting on the couch or in an air-conditioned room saying, “This is too much or you can’t do that,” I think that’s going too far. “We must have a little more respect for pilots and elite athletes.”