Spear Stroll finished sixth in Spanish Grand Prix. in front of his partner Aston Martin Fernando Alonso. A good result for the Canadian driver even if he could not resist the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton and George Russell. Both finished on the podium in surprising fashion.

And after the race, Stroll recounted the ordeal to follow the Silver Arrows: “Mercedes had a rocket. I don’t know where they got that pace from…”.

“I expected us to be the fastest car after Red Bull. I really expected that after seeing the previous races this year. But we just didn’t have it,” said the Canadian driver. in statements reported by ‘Motorsport’.

Degradation was a big problem for Aston Martins. A problem they had not had to date. “We had a lot of damage and we didn’t have the pace compared to Mercedes andFerrari. Red Bull is in another league. We just didn’t have that advantage,” Stroll said.

And he detailed how the wheels went down: “At the start of the first stint, when we were third, I felt comfortable keeping the difference with Carlos Sainz, even moving away a little from Lewis Hamilton. But then, after about five laps of racing, they had no more rhythm and I felt the tires burst.”

Alonso did not attack him

When Alonso caught him in the race, he insisted on the radio that “zero risk”, that his intention was not to pass Lance. “We respect each other as teammates and we want to score as many points as possible for the team. In these situations, it sucks to crash for those few points,” said the Canadian.

And he condemned: “It’s more about finishing the car in one piece. All the guys who work so hard at the factory deserve this…”