Lance Stroll has confirmed he had surgery after breaking his right wrist in a recent cycling accident, but while he is set to race with a bit of “discomfort” in Bahrain, he’s confident he will be able to perform behind the wheel of the AMR23.
Speculation surrounding Stroll’s injuries had been mounting after the team opted to keep his condition private, but the Canadian himself revealed this was at his request while he looked to recover in time for the season opener.
But after arriving in Bahrain, he confirmed that he suffered a break on his right wrist while his left wrist was “a little bit banged up” in the accident, though Aston Martin announced ahead of the weekend their driver will be fit to race as planned come Sunday.
“They’re feeling good, a big push in the last 12 days since my accident to get me here,” Stroll told media including PlanetF1.com in Bahrain. “They’re feeling good, I was in the sim yesterday and the day before, feeling pretty strong.”
He added that he has been taking things “day by day” since his accident, but has logged around 20 hours in the Aston Martin simulator in the past couple of days to get himself race-ready for this weekend, along with physiotherapy to help his injuries heal.
“The first few days were rough, it looked like it was going to be tough but then in the last four, five days it’s really been improving every day,” he explained.
“I was feeling good in the […]
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