Formula 1: Lance Stroll loses seventh place finish with penalty
By Asher Fair
Lance Stroll was demoted in the final order after Sunday’s Formula 1 race at Imola, resulting in Pierre Gasly gaining points.
Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll crossed the finish line in seventh place in Sunday’s Emilia Romagna Grand Prix, the second of 23 races on the 2021 Formula 1 schedule, at Autodromo Internazionale Enzo e Dino Ferrari, giving the constructor their best result in a race since 1959.
He scored six points with this finish, which bumped him up to ninth place in the driver standings after he finished in 10th and scored one point in the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix at Bahrain International Circuit a few weeks ago.
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His finish also propelled Aston Martin to fifth place in the constructor standings from sixth.
However, Stroll ended up losing his seventh place result due to a post-race penalty.
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Fortunately, unlike Alfa Romeo’s Kimi Raikkonen, whose penalty dropped him from ninth place to 13th and stripped him of both of his points from Sunday’s race, Stroll was still able to salvage four points with an eighth place finish.
He was dropped to eighth place behind AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gasly after it was ruled that he breached regulations by overtaking Gasly late in the race. Because he left the track and gained “a lasting advantage” when passing Gasly in turns two and three of the 21-turn, 3.05-mile (4.908-kilometer) road course in Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy, he was issued a five-second penalty after the race ended.
Stroll finished the race 0.909 seconds ahead of Gasly, so the five-second penalty ultimately gave Gasly a 4.091-second advantage for seventh place.
Stroll now sits in 10th place in the driver standings, one point behind Gasly in ninth after the two swapped spots, while Aston Martin now sit in sixth in the constructor standings, three points behind AlphaTauri in fifth after the two swapped spots themselves.
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Algarve International Circuit (Portimao) is scheduled to host the next race on the 2021 Formula 1 schedule, the Portuguese Grand Prix, on Sunday, May 2. This race is set to be broadcast live on ESPN beginning at 10:00 a.m. ET.