F1 – Bahrain GP 2023: Stroll injured both hands and limps in one leg

FORPTO but limping. Lance Stroll passed the tests within the time and in the manner required by the FIA ​​to be able to exit the car under his own power, but he exited the car on the left side, as his right leg appears to have some sort of injury after the fall while cycling that he suffered two weeks ago and for which he underwent surgery in Barcelona.

Then, in the afternoon, during one of the walks he took through the ‘paddock’ it was noted that he was limping in his right leg, possibly due to a bruise. In addition to that, his two hands, which in the morning barely had a bandage three by two cm, looked at later ‘taping’ style bandages that already wrapped around his thumbs from both ends.

Maybe on the left only have the trigger to lean against the asphalt in the fall, well in the LAW is known to wear two nails implanted by Dr. Xavier Mir to consolidate a fractured bone. There are no further details, as the team and driver did not provide them.

You will have to face andThis Saturday in free practice 1 and 2 in Sakhir and we don’t know yet if he will be able to continue the rest of the weekend. “I feel like I can ride normally, just with a little discomfort, but there’s nothing stopping me from riding. Professional athletes, in all sports, sometimes have a little discomfort and If I felt like it wasn’t smart, or it was an added risk of injury, or if I felt like my bones weren’t ready, I wouldn’t do it.” said Fernando Alonso’s teammate on Thursday.

Fernando admits driving injured in 2022

After the failure of Australiawho left the steering wheel without power steering, hard as a stone, last year, the Asturian saw his thumbs seriously damaged trying to keep turning it in full curve. “In my case, yes, I broke bones in both hands last year. (in April) I didn’t fully recover until August and had some pain, but we love to drive“, he admitted yesterday to put into perspective that Stroll is coming back this weekend.

“Already It is very good news that you are here. He will try, and that shows his desire to win and his motivation. Whatever position we can get this weekend, he’s there and ready to try, so that’s a very good sign,” he said in support of the Canadian.

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