A few days before the pre-season of Formula 1, Spear Stroll suffered a bicycle accidenthad to undergo surgery and failed the tests.

12 days later, almost against all odds, the Canadian disputed -and in what way- the Bahrain Grand Prix.

Of course, his presence was doubted until the last days. It was explained with this Philip Drugovitchpilot test Aston Martin who accompanied Fernando Alonso In the events, he replaced him, but he was not the only one we thought of.

Speaking to the “F1 Nation” podcast, Mike Krakhead of the British team, said he remembered Sebastian Vettel, but that explains why she didn’t call him.

“tent ? Yes, 100%. But we didn’t because we have a lot of respect for Sebastian and the decision he made at that time.”

“I think it wouldn’t even have been fair to ask. We wanted to respect his way of being and we didn’t want to put him in a difficult position.”

Of course, the four-time champion called him after Alonso’s podium: “We have been in contact. Sébastien, very ‘à la Sébastien’, congratulated us like a gentleman after our first podium in Bahrain. I told him that it is also his merit, because it took us a step forward in the previous two years. It made us grow in many areas.”

“In reality, he played his part to be where we are now. But he feels comfortable with it and there are no regrets because he is very aware of the decision he made at the time,” he added.

“I think the respect between him and the team, or the respect between him and me, was shown by that big gesture of congratulating us. It was very much appreciated and I passed it on to the whole team as well.” , he concluded.

We must not forget that despite the announcement in August that he would withdraw from the Formula 1 at the end of the season and Fernando Alonso would be its replacement, the German continued to be fully involved in the manufacture of the AMR23. Part of the success of Spanish is due to German. What tricks have life.