Lance Stroll enters the UK to ride the team’s F1 simulator[F1-Gate.com]

Lance Stroll boarded a flight to the UK on Monday. It follows Aston Martin boss Mike Clack to say the next step in his recovery from wrist and hand injuries would be a simulator session at the team’s Silverstone factory. is.

Mike Clack has confirmed that Formula 2 champion Felipe Dolgovic will continue to stand in for Lance Stroll if he is unable to race this weekend. Photographs of Lance Stroll boarding a plane in Barcelona after reportedly crashing his mountain bike near Malaga just a week ago show him without bandages or casts on his arms. “Not yet, but it’s the first step,” said Mike Clack when asked if Lance Stroll is back in the simulator. “Our plan is to put Lance in the car. And before we talk about Jeddah, there is Bahrain first.” Some have speculated that they may be designing a one-off drive. But Fernando Alonso said he wants to see Stroll return as soon as possible, despite the eye-catching performance of his 2023 F1 machine AMR23 in Bahrain last week. “It was quite a blow. I think I’m missing him because it’s a new team, a new car, so I don’t know if my comments and the feeling I have with the car are my own,” said Fernando.・Alonso commented. “Lance would have figured out if it was an Aston Martin. The feel of the brake pedal, the power steering, are these things the team has inherited, or are they new in this car? “I can’t confirm that without him, so I hope he’ll be back soon.” Still, the 41-year-old, who moved from Alpine over the winter, is on track ahead of the season opener in Bahrain. , seems very optimistic about Aston Martin’s potential. “Ferrari had the same full race program, same fuel, same stops, but we were slightly faster,” he revealed. “Ferrari was doing the same full race program with the same fuel and the same stops, so we were slightly faster,” he revealed. But seasoned British broadcaster and former F1 driver Martin Brundle has denied Aston Martin will overtake Mercedes in his 2023 season. “I think it underestimates how strong Mercedes is as a team and how strong that car can be,” said Brundle. That said, there appears to be a big gap between Red Bull and Ferrari at the top and Mercedes behind. Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff has admitted he was surprised to see how low Red Bull ran the rear of its 2023 F1 car: “The floor would break if we did that. said Toto Wolff. Red Bull F1 team principal Christian Horner, meanwhile, has admitted that he is keeping an eye on Aston Martin. “It looks like they’ve taken a big step. They’ve developed the concept and it looks like they’re not far away,” said Horner. Haas F1 Team driver Kevin Magnussen agrees. “They look very fast.”