Stroll clipped the kerbs by the ultimate nook at Marina Bay to unsettle the rear of his AMR23, which fired him into the skin wall earlier than spinning again throughout the circuit.
This shunt, which ripped the tethered front-left wheel off, within the dying moments of Q1 led to a lengthy red flag stoppage in qualifying.
Whereas Stroll suffered no severe accidents within the crash, the crew reported he’s nonetheless feeling sore and mixed with the prolonged rebuild job of his destroyed F1 automotive, each the motive force and the crew have opted for the Canadian driver to take a seat out the Singapore race.
An announcement from Aston Martin learn: “Following Lance’s crash in qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, Lance and the Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formulation 1 Workforce have collectively agreed that he is not going to take part on this night’s race.
“The crew face an enormous job repairing the automotive in the present day and Lance continues to be sore following such a excessive impression. Lance’s focus now shifts to completely recovering forward of the Japanese Grand Prix.”
Aston Martin crew boss Mike Krack confirmed Stroll will concentrate on being able to return to motion at subsequent week’s Japanese GP.
“The entire crew are relieved that Lance was capable of step out of the automotive after yesterday’s accident – nevertheless, he’s nonetheless feeling the after-effects of such a high-impact crash,” Krack mentioned.
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin F1 Workforce
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“Our precedence now could be that he makes a full and speedy restoration. Collectively, now we have determined that he’ll sit out this night’s race and as a substitute focus totally on returning to the cockpit for subsequent weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix.”
Talking after qualifying, Stroll felt multiple factors caused his crash, together with shedding time to the FIA weighing his automotive, visitors, soiled air and poor tyre preparation as he went for a lap to make it into Q2.
“We simply weren’t actually enhancing on that final lap with the out-lap being actually unhealthy. I had loads of visitors, guys making an attempt to make the road on the finish,” Stroll defined.
“We received stopped on the weighbridge in order that put us behind the queue after which I needed to attempt to go a bunch of automobiles to get my lap in earlier than the top of the session.”
Aston Martin will contest the Singapore GP with a single automotive for Fernando Alonso, who begins from seventh on the grid.