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The preseason test scheduled for this week will be missed by Lance Stroll because to “minor injuries” sustained in a cycling accident.
The Canadian’s Aston Martin squad has not yet determined how to fill in for him throughout the 2 days commencing on Thursday in Bahrain.
Due to his injury, Stroll may be forced to miss the opening weekend of racing at the same track on March 3-5.
This possibility will probably influence Aston Martin’s choice of reserve driver for the test.
Aston Martin has a choice between Brazilian Felipe Drugovich, the defending Formula 2 champion, and Belgian Stoffel Vandoorne, the reigning Formula E champion who competed for McLaren in F1 in 2017–18.
Due to his recent addition to the team for this season, their other race driver, two-time world champion Fernando Alonso, will be eager to participate in as much testing as he can.
The typical limit of one and a half days of testing for each driver, the 41-year-old Spaniard stated at the Aston Martin presentation last week, would probably mean he wasn’t totally up to speed for the start of the season.