Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll
Daniel Ricciardo shouldn’t expect an apology from Lance Stroll for crashing into him in China as the Aston Martin driver says that’s “history” and not a topic he wants to speak about.
Stroll was slapped with a 10-second penalty as well as two penalty points on his Super Licence after rear-ending Ricciardo in Turn 14 as the drivers geared up for a restart of a Safety Car period.
Lance Stroll: It was a very unfortunate ending to it
When Fernando Alonso experienced a lock-up, causing the cars ahead of him to slow down at the hairpin, Stroll collided with the VCARB01, resulting in Ricciardo being forced out of the race.
After serving his penalty, Stroll completed the race without earning any points.
However, despite the surprise expressed by numerous pundits regarding the Canadian’s failure to accept responsibility for the error, Stroll considers the matter closed as he has moved on.
“The past is behind us,” declared the Aston Martin driver. “My attention is fully directed towards this upcoming weekend.”
“I prefer not to delve into the specifics, but it was definitely an unfortunate situation.”
“I too had intentions of having a great race, but unfortunately, it ended in a very unfortunate manner. However, my focus now lies solely on Miami.”
He was asked about speaking with Ricciardo and responded, “That matter is not meant for this room. Such discussions are kept private.”
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If Ricciardo even considers opening the door to the Canadian.
Despite everything, the Australian doesn’t think an apology from Stroll would make much difference, considering that he didn’t accept responsibility for the incident in China.
When asked if he would actively seek out Stroll, he replied, “I believe it would be unproductive, so I would decline.”
“If he texted just saying, ‘Yeah, you know, my bad’, whatever… I can accept an apology, I’m not that much of an asshole. But the fact that there’s not even that…
“He evidently believes he did nothing wrong. Hence, there seems to be little else to discuss.”
Of course, if we happen to be seated together during the drivers’ briefing and he initiates a conversation, I won’t disregard him or anything like that.
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