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3Despite another good start, which allowed him to move from 11th to 9th place, Lance Stroll failed once again in his attempt to score a point at the Formula 1 World Championship on the occasion of the Grand Russian Prize, Sunday.
However, if the Quebecker succeeded in a first mission, he would have been the victim of a grandfather before the final round was completed.
"I found myself on a vibrator [to avoid the Renault of Nico Hulkerberg]," he explained. From then on, I could not do anything to keep my trajectory. "
Stroll had just won two positions before his Williams made a spin on the circuit.
"I got grown," he said unfairly on the radio.
But the recovery clearly shows that he was never touched by his rival. Moreover, the commissioners did not act on this incident.
Too little ... too late
Fortunately for him, unlike his misadventures in Shanghai and Bahrain, his car suffered no damage and he was able to join the peloton at 15th place.
"I pushed the car," he added, "and my tires suffered. We had adopted the one-stop strategy, which we respected.
"My second stint on the 27th lap was more than satisfactory, but I ran out of time to hope to finish in tenth place."
The top 10 finishers score points.
With three laps from the end, Stroll had managed to approach within five seconds of Carlos Sainz son, but the Spaniard managed to maintain the gap until the finish to get the last point available.
"It's so unfortunate," said Stroll, who had to concede a lap to the winner, Valtteri Bottas. Without my grandfather [for which he is responsible], I think I'll be finished in front of him. "
"But the season is still long and the next race will take place in Barcelona, a circuit that I know very well for having raced in private testing before the start of the season."
Too bad for Massa
Felipe Massa was well placed to get sixth place for the third time this season, but a slow puncture ended his hopes a dozen laps from the end of the race.
His unexpected stop at the wells dropped him to ninth place.
The Brazilian veteran had to give way to the leaders in the 52nd and final lap, but he made Sebastian Vettel doubt that was behind him.
The German, furious, made him a finger of honor, to denounce his behavior, while he had an ultimate chance to worry Bottas.
"I left him a place, but he was afraid of diving inside," Massa recalled. Anyway, I was convinced he would be unable to double Bottas. It does not surprise me on his part, he likes to complain about others ... "
Also brilliant in qualifying, Massa again demonstrated the great potential of the Williams team.
To his teammate Stroll now to make his contribution.
Lance Stroll finished his first Grand Prix on his fourth start in F1. So not used to see the checkered flag, the Quebecer had to ask his team leader where to store his car after his journey. "In the closed park, at the end of the well line, behind the others ...", he was told on radio waves!
Former director Renault Frédéric Vasseur is adding to the list of critics of the 2017 vintage cars. They do not favor the show according to him, contrary to the intentions of these new regulations.
The new technical regulations for this 2017 Formula 1 season leave the former team of the Renault team to be the least puzzled.
Frédéric Vasseur believes that the new rules - which allowed the cars to win about three seconds in the lap compared to last year - are aimed primarily at purists and will not help open F1 to a wider audience .
"What I like is competition, not the car. And these new cars are, in my opinion, built on a mistake," says Vasseur in an interview with L'Equipe. "The public wants a brawl, not a performance. I have seen kart racing more exhilarating and thrilling than some processions in F1."
"The tactical duel between Vettel and Hamilton during the race in Bahrain is a passion for enthusiasts and specialists, and I'm not sure that the general public is passionate about this kind of thing. And these new cars, in my opinion, do not favor them. "
Vasseur rejoices at least at the new hierarchy
Vasseur expects a more exciting duel this season, with Mercedes no longer enjoying an advance on the competition (in this case Ferrari) as important as the previous seasons.
"The configuration is perfect for the show and the suspense," he admits. "It's nice to turn on the TV on Sunday at 2 pm without knowing the winner in advance. We had not had two stables, with two world champions, who are fighting for victories. "The new regulation has, at least, the first to shuffle the cards a bit.
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