{"id":24242,"date":"2023-04-06T11:00:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T10:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/?p=24242"},"modified":"2023-04-06T11:00:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-06T10:00:57","slug":"lance-stroll-left-heartbroken-after-australian-grand-prix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formula1news.co.uk\/lance-stroll-left-heartbroken-after-australian-grand-prix\/","title":{"rendered":"Lance Stroll left ‘heartbroken’ after Australian Grand Prix"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Qualifying in sixth place at the Australian Grand Prix, Lance Stroll managed to hold his position throughout the race, as red flags and restarts created chaos across the grid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When cars set off after the second restart, Ferrari\u2019s Carlos Sainz collided with Aston Martin\u2019s Fernando Alonso, sending the two-time world champion into the gravel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Avoiding the crash, Stroll picked up a provisional P3 spot before locking up at turn 3 and going off track into the gravel, almost crashing into the barrier, throwing away his podium shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With officials ultimately resetting the race for a third time, reverting the starting order of the second restart, Stroll was handed back his sixth place position, which became fourth due to Pierre Gasly\u2019s crash and Sainz\u2019s penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere was sadness and disappointment when the race was stopped again but then, crossing the finish line, very happy with the result,\u201d Stroll said after the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was pretty heartbroken in Turn 3, with a couple of laps to go, when I picked up a right front lock defending from Carlos and I thought I had thrown away a podium finish. It would have been hard to sleep if it had finished like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe tyres were just ice cold, I already felt it coming out of Turn 2, just picking up the power I had a big snap, and then, heading into Turn 3, I was defending from Carlos, he was obviously on my outside and I was on the dirty part of the track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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