Stroll clipped the kerbs by means of the ultimate nook at Marina Bay to unsettle the rear of his AMR23. He then fired into the surface 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 whereas the boundaries had been repaired and fluid cleaned.
No accidents had been detected throughout a precautionary evaluation within the medical centre, following which Stroll defined {that a} hectic Q1 had laid the groundwork for his crash.
He reckoned {that a} mixture of dropping time to the FIA weighing his automotive, visitors, soiled air and poor tyre preparation prompted him to ‘ship it’ in a bid to scrape into Q2.
The Canadian stated: “We simply weren’t actually enhancing on that final lap with the out-lap being actually dangerous. I had a whole lot of visitors, guys attempting to make the road on the finish.
“We bought stopped on the weighbridge in order that put us behind the queue after which I needed to try to go a bunch of vehicles to get my lap in earlier than the top of the session.”
Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR23
Photograph by: Mark Sutton / Motorsport Images
Stroll reckoned the wake left by the Alpine of Pierre Gasly forward was exaggerated by the character of Singapore, given the proximity of the road observe partitions, to unsettle the automotive.
He continued: “I began my lap two seconds behind one of many Alpines, which is basically not very best for aero efficiency.
“I used to be simply not likely enhancing my lap time a lot to get by means of to Q2 so I despatched it into the final nook, tried to make up a while. It was not likely doable.
“It occurs shortly however I do know why I crashed. It was simply because I wasn’t going quick sufficient to get by means of.
“Having the automotive two seconds in entrance is basically dangerous for aero. You lose tonnes of downforce round right here with the funnelling of the partitions particularly.”
Stroll, who missed pre-season testing as a result of breaking his wrists in a biking crash, defined that he had taken each palms off the wheel for the influence.
He additionally “assumed the crimson flag can be out” so was not fearful about being collected by one other automotive, regardless of McLaren’s Lando Norris having a close to miss.
Stroll, whose automotive would require a brand new chassis, continued: “I used to be simply checking if every part felt OK on my physique. That was the principle factor.
“As soon as I realised every part was OK, it was simply shitty as a result of we had a tough session and it’s been tough recently for some time now.
“Quali simply didn’t go our means in any respect with dangerous out-laps, visitors, poor tyre preparation. Round right here, when these issues pile up, it’s such a destructive spiral. The results of that was having the crash.”