Lance Stroll is "going to try" to recover in time to race at the Bahrain Grand Prix – but Felipe Drugovich could not say for sure whether the Canadian will be fit for the season-opener.
The Canadian will again race for Aston Martin this season. However, he was forced to pull out of pre-season testing after suffering an accident while training on a bicycle in Spain.
As a result, Stroll was forced to pull out of pre-season testing and miss out on important practice behind the wheel of the team's new car. Filling in for him, Formula 2 champion Drugovich was called up to drive the AMR23 alongside Fernando Alonso in Bahrain this week.