The Aston Martin driver experienced an eventful race in Imola and used the favorable damp conditions to finish seventh on the checkered flag.
However, Stroll was found to be in breach of regulations when, following a post-race investigation, he overtook AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly, which resulted in a five-second penalty.
Stroll was believed to have left the track at the Tamburello chicane when attempting to overtake Gasly, which earned him a “permanent advantage” from his off-track excursion.
As a result of the decision, Stroll will drop to eighth place behind Gasly, who inherits seventh place in the official race results.
“The stewards were informed of an alleged violation after the race. After reviewing the video and hearing from the drivers, the stewards conclude that Car 18 failed to complete its pass on Car 10 at Turn 2/3 without to shorten the route completely. Take Turn 3 and get back on the route before Car 10, “a steward report said.
“Then he didn’t return the position. When the stewards heard from the drivers, they accepted that Car 18 was ahead of Car 10 at the point he left the track, but that he was due to a maneuver that he couldn’t was able to complete in this position under the wet conditions on the track. “
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The penalty follows a challenging race for the Canadian driver that started with a problem with the brake cooling before the start.
He was then hit by a gear synchronization problem that affected shifting throughout the 63-lap competition.
Before the penalty was imposed, Stroll believed he had made the most of the conditions and was happy to cross the finish line given the problems encountered during the race.
“We took advantage of a few opportunities today,” said Stroll.
“The weather would make things a bit interesting out there. The car was pretty well balanced this weekend, but we’re still lacking pace when you look at the competition out there. AlphaTauri, McLaren, they just see very fast off, so we have some. ” Work to be done.
“It [the gear sync issue] really killed me out there. I got all these bad shifts all the time throughout the race.
“I was glad we made it to the flag and managed to keep seventh place as it cost us a lot of lap time and was pretty worrying.”
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