Lance Stroll has equaled the best result of his season in the sprint race of the Austrian Grand Prix. However, he decided not to comment on his career and use his statements in the media to talk about Dilano van’t Hoffan 18-year-old FRECA pilot who died in an accident at Spa-Francorchamps.
The Canadian driver had a great sprint race in the Red Bull Ringfinishing in fourth position enduring the attacks of his partner Fernando Alonso and matching his best result of the season, fourth position in the Australian GP (although this was in a feature race).
However, despite the joy he should have had for one of his best performances of the season, the Canadian driver used his post-race interviews to remember Dilano van’t Hoff, an 18-year-old FRECA (European Regional Formula) driver who has passed away. in an accident at the Belgian circuit of spa-francorchamps.
“It has been a difficult race, but The most important thing today is that we have lost someone in Spa, a young talent. It’s a very sad day for racing and I want everyone to think about that today. In that and also how to change that curve from here on out because we’ve lost two guys there in five years and it’s not fair. I think of Dilano and his family and I don’t want it to happen again,” he said after the race.
In this way, Stroll decided to use the microphones to honor the memory of Van’t Hoff and demand a change in that Eau Rouge curve, where he also lost his life in 2019. Anthoine Hubert in Formula 2, the other driver referred to by the Aston Martin driver.
