Stroll gives update on his injuries

Lance Stroll suffered a nasty cycling incident before season opener in Bahrain and was in serious doubt whether he would take part in it at all.

Aston Martin reserve driver Felipe Drugovich was on course for his debut, before the announcement from Stroll and his medical staff confirmed that the Canadian would be fit enough to race.

Despite a surgery on his right wrist and, on top of that, a fractured toe, Stroll was able to recover and delivered a fine performance to finish 6th for the resurgent Aston Martin team.

My journey. Huge thanks for your support over the last couple of weeks pic.twitter.com/0TY7v7p6rY

— Lance Stroll (@lance_stroll) March 7, 2023

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“I want to take a moment today to reflect on the last couple weeks, and share my story with you guys. On Saturday, February 18th I crashed on my bike while training in Spain.” he wrote on Instagram

“The scans showed I had a fracture and displacement in my right wrist, a fracture in my left wrist, a partial fracture in my left hand and finally another fracture in the big toe on my right foot.”

“With the beginning of the season right around the corner the timing could not have been worse. My medical team, at first, believed I was not only going to miss testing, but realistically the first few races. 48 hours after my accident/12 days before the first race Dr. Javier Mir successfully operated on my right wrist.”

“Following surgery, Dr. Mir told me I’d be back for Jeddah if I worked hard and with a bit of luck he was optimistic I could race in Bahrain – but that was a faint possibility.”

“Initially progress was slow – I needed a lot of help even with daily tasks at home. But each day got better and once the cast came off on day 4 it became possible we had a chance of racing in Bahrain.”

Stroll and Aston Martin, who secured a podium with Fernando Alonso in Bahrain, will be looking to emulate that feat for the next race in Saudi Arabia on 19 March.