Aston Martin endured a difficult Grand Prix weekend in Bahrain, off the pace throughout with neither driver able to make much progress in the race. Fernando Alonso finished the higher of the duo in 15th with Lance Stroll trailing home in 17th.
While Stroll did make contact with Liam Lawson at one point – an incident that saw the Kiwi racer handed a time penalty – in truth that made little difference to the Canadian’s finishing spot on a night where there was only one retirement.
Even splitting the strategies with Stroll starting on soft tyres and Alonso on mediums failed to impact the duo’s race.
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“There’s not much to say about today; it’s been a really tough weekend for us,” Stroll admitted afterwards. “We are not where we want to be at the moment and we are pushing hard to change that.