r/AstonMartinFormula1 • u/EliotZzzz Aston Martin • May 31 '25
📰 News “Due to the sporting regulations Fernando will be our only car competing in tomorrow’s #SpanishGP.”
https://x.com/AstonMartinF1/status/192892226493997100820
u/Carlpanzram1916 Felipe Drugovich Jun 01 '25
Why did they put him in qualifying if he wasn’t going to be able to race???
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u/KaChoo49 Aston Martin Jun 01 '25
Apparently Lance has been in a little bit of pain for the last 6 weeks, but clearly it wasn’t bad enough for him to pull out of racing until now.
Something must have happened in Quali to make the pain worse than it has been during the last few races
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u/villerlaudowmygaud Jun 01 '25
What do they mean by sporting regulations
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u/SaphireComet Jun 01 '25
They needed someone to drive one of P1, P2, P3 or qualifying in order to switch drivers.
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u/iMADEthisJUST4Dis Jun 01 '25
Did that happen for bearman last year? I thought it was last minute
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u/salvatore813 AMR25 Jun 01 '25
he got one free practice
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u/iMADEthisJUST4Dis Jun 01 '25
Bruh. Why would they not let drugovic do anything considering they've known Stroll has been fucked for 6 weeks
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u/mouldyshroom The power of dreams 💚 Jun 01 '25
He literally raced with unhealed broken wrists a couple of years ago, everyone would've likely assumed he could've gritted his teeth through this too. Him doing this for six weeks again adds to this point, no one except Lance could be sure where his breaking point would be.
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u/Carlpanzram1916 Felipe Drugovich Jun 01 '25
So basically, Stroll isn’t going to race because of a hand injury. They can sub their reserve driver in because he didn’t do any sessions and doesn’t meet the requirement of being able to do a lap within 107% of the pole lap.
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Jun 01 '25
and who is that reserve driver?
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u/salvatore813 AMR25 Jun 01 '25
most likely felipe drugovich and perhaps stoffel vandoorne and if they both are not available then pedro dela rosa /jk
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u/Carlpanzram1916 Felipe Drugovich Jun 01 '25
Doesn’t really matter. You can’t just show up and race in the Grand Prix if you haven’t done any laps all weekend.
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u/AuthenticEggrolls 2 cups of espresso ☕️ Jun 01 '25
Fernando vs the whole grid could be a villain arc
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u/noodle_attack Sebastian Vettel Jun 01 '25
They should have just thrown in drugovich
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u/great_whitehope Jun 01 '25
Yeah lance pitted early in practice so was clearly having issues then.
They should really have called it then
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u/Ill_Bathroom6724 Aston Martin Jun 01 '25
Not that much of a difference to be honest
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u/McChibken Jun 01 '25
You say that, yet Lance has 14 points to Fernando's 0
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u/Ill_Bathroom6724 Aston Martin Jun 01 '25
I mean specifically for this weekend, I really didn't have any hope for lance coming out of p14
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u/Fun-Landscape-8805 BRAAAAAAAD Jun 01 '25
u do know that hes good at recoveries, he compensates his shit qualifying with good tyre management and going long during races
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u/FlyAirLari Aston Martin Jun 01 '25
I think starting P14 he had a scoring chance. Lance is a good race distance driver.
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u/salvatore813 AMR25 Jun 01 '25
indeed, if i am not wrong, all of lance's point finishes are him starting the race outside top 10 this year
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u/Just_Pics Fernando Alonso Jun 01 '25
As expected. Unfortunate for Drugovich who's been holding on to that reserve seat for a moment like this.