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Lance Stroll brought out the first red flag of Formula 1’s final pre-season test in Bahrain as his Aston Martin ended up in the gravel trap
During Formula 1’s final pre-season test in Bahrain, Lance Stroll caused the first red flag when his Aston Martin skidded into the gravel trap at Turn 11, one hour into Wednesday’s second session. The car appeared to lose drive while Stroll was downshifting for the corner under braking. Aston Martin has faced a challenging pre-season, completing the fewest laps compared to other teams at the first Bahrain test. Stroll’s incident occurred on only his seventh lap of the session, shortly after Fernando Alonso completed 28 laps in the morning. Despite the disruption, Charles Leclerc held the fastest time of the day at the time of the red flag. Meanwhile, drivers like Oscar Piastri, Liam Lawson, Lewis Hamilton, and George Russell were putting in consistent laps in the afternoon session. Isack Hadjar rejoined the track for Red Bull in the later session after limited laps earlier in the day, while Valtteri Bottas was set to take over the Cadillac from Sergio Perez, who had a productive first session with 24 laps completed.
