- Lance Stroll had a serious crash during qualifying for the Singapore GP
- He lost control in the final corner and crashed violently into the barrier
- The 24-year-old Canadian reported via the team radio that he was ‘OK’
Lance Stroll walked away after a huge 180 km/h shunt during qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix.
The Aston Martin driver, right on the edge and out of shape, entered the final corner left-handed at the Yas Marina Circuit with too much speed.
He hit the barrier hard, the impact on his front left, and was spun back onto the track, his head shaking like a rag doll.
The Canadian’s left front wheel was torn off and drove across the track.
British driver Lando Norris had to take evasive action by maneuvering his McLaren between Stroll’s prone car in the middle of the road and the stray wheel.
Lance Stroll had a serious crash during qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix
Stroll lost control over a curb and was thrown violently into the barrier from the final corner
His car was briefly thrown off the ground while spinning and landed back on the track
The crash raised the red flag and the qualifying session was delayed by 34 minutes
Stroll lost control in the final corner and crashed violently into the barrier, but was fortunately able to get out of his car and report to his Aston Martin team that everything was fine
Stroll also lost both his front and rear wings in the crash, which reportedly occurred at around 110mph
The impact ripped off the left front of his Aston Martin and brought out the red flag
The 24-year-old Stroll declared himself ‘OK’ in response to his race engineer Ben Michell’s question, but he sat in his cockpit facing the wrong way for a while until the medical car came out to take him to save.
He walked unassisted into the vehicle to undergo checks at the local medical center.
Stroll has been given the all-clear to take part in Sunday’s race.
Qualifying is currently postponed following the Q1 accident while the barrier is checked and leaked fluids are cleaned up.
Yuki Tsunoda set the fastest time in Q1 as the circuit evolved enormously, with AlphaTauri’s Japanese driver helped along the way. Without the accident, other drivers would likely have eclipsed his time.
Sky F1 commentator Martin Brundle said after the crash: ‘He had to steer into the slide and the front axle bit and spun him to the right, almost a head there and the barriers absorbed the energy really well and hit the front of his car.
‘The cockpit is intact around his legs. You always worry if suspension parts would get into the cockpit and break his legs, but he seems fine.
“It’s the curb that did it, luckily he took his hands off the wheel.”
Stroll’s impact required the marshals to carry out significant barrier repairs at the final corner, with fluid from his car also spilling onto the track.
The session was delayed 34 minutes before Q2 started at 9:53 PM local time.
Stroll was in last place trying to get out of the first part of qualifying when it happened