MANAMA : Aston Martin's Lance Stroll qualified eighth for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and then revealed he had broken a big toe as well as both wrists in a cycling accident two weeks ago.The 24-year-old Canadian said the last week had been 'pretty insane'.'If someone (then) had offer
MANAMA : Aston Martin's Lance Stroll qualified eighth for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix and then revealed he had broken a big toe as well as both wrists in a cycling accident two weeks ago."If someone had offered me a 1 per cent chance to be here, I'd have taken it," Stroll, whose wrist injuries were made known earlier in the week, told reporters.
"I came out of surgery 12 days ago, got out of the hospital 10 days ago kind of thing. Pretty grateful and just happy to be here." He said he was also finding more of a rhythm and was confident he would be fine for the race in a car that was a lot of fun to drive."I think every day is getting easier. I'm not as worried now as I was a week ago," added the son of billionaire team owner Lawrence.
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