It may not be the fastest recovery in the automotive world, but it has been the one that has captured the most attention in recent weeks. First thing, because in just 14 days He went from “helping a lot even with daily chores around the house” to competing in Bahrain and later, because of all the repercussions that every move that follows in Aston Martin following the arrival of Fernando Alonso. The Silverstone team is in the spotlight like never before, largely thanks to the presence of the double champion, but the feat of a driver who with two fractured wrists and a third in the big toegot on the AMR23 and left it in sixth position after 57 laps which, together with the Friday and Saturday practice, made it a great prize and, at the same time, this pre-season that the Canadian could not to have.

On February 18, Stroll was the victim of a bicycle accident while preparing to start the course and the scanners confirmed the worst omens: there was serious injuries “at the worst possible moment”. Not much was said about it when the Canadian retired or at the grand prix, but after pulling off the feat, the Aston Martin driver decided it was time to do it. It was difficult to accept the news: “My medical team believed that not only would I miss the tests, but also the first races.” But 48 hours later, everything has completely changed: “12 days before the first race, Dr. Xavier Mir operated on my right wrist. After the operation, he told me he would come back to Jeddah if I worked hard and I hoped he was optimistic about the possibility of racing in Bahrain, but it was a long time. However, this fate he is talking about sided with him with all subsequent work, so that Lance could open the season with the rest of the grill.

for the canadian “Dr. Mir’s operation helped me get there” and although in the rest of the fractures it was necessary to opt for “a more conservative approach” in terms of recovery, the Stroll medical team “made sure that everything went well”. The daily life of the Aston Martin driver has become a fight against time in a completely different way than usual and the recovery “became my full-time job, trying to combine everything that could help (to be improved) even if it was 0.5%”. “In the beginning, progress was slow, but every day it was getting better and once we got the start on day four, that’s when the opportunity to compete in Bahrain became possible,” says Lance. He got it thanks to “a rehabilitation that required a lot of work and perseverance, but with an incredible medical team” to whom he thanks, like so many others, all the support he received in the two weeks in which the miracle was accomplished.

“Just phenomenal”

Stroll’s thanks weren’t limited to the medical team that accompanied him through this process. The Canadian also remembered the “support from my friends and family”, which he also received in the same Instagram post where he shared his story. Not missing was that of his partner, Fernando Alonso, who with a brief message said it all: “Simply phenomenal.” But beyond the teammate, other motoring stars also applauded the heroism of a driver who For Quartararo is a “legend”. ‘Cause how it reminded you Carlos Sainz, “hard work always pays off”. More obvious, impossible.