Canadian rookie Lance Stroll was forced to get out of his Williams car near the end of the second free practice session for the Bahrain Grand Prix due to a burning feeling at his feet. He exited at the end of the session, so it did not impact the amount of laps that he was able to run during the session.
After 36 laps of running during the second free practice session Friday evening, Stroll felt some burning at his feet, causing some discomfort. At the end of the session, the drivers were supposed to remain on the circuit for a test with the virtual safety car, but Stroll opted to retire to the pits for the rest of the day.
“In FP2 I was struggling with the car and we have to see if anything was wrong with it, but no worries as this was only practice,” explained Lance Stroll. “Then at the end of the session there was some burning in my feet. We will have to investigate to see what it was as I had to get out of the car. The positives are getting into the car in FP1 and feeling good, but we need to see what happened in FP2 as it seemed a bit of a bizarre session.”
Temperatures at the circuit were in the low 30°C, a lower temperature that the upper 30°C experienced during the morning session. The Williams team is investigating the issue, but has yet to pinpoint the cause.
Stroll did not receive any injury from the incident and is expected to be in the car as planned for the final practice and qualifying sessions.
