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Back of the grid start for Stroll, following grid penalty

Williams Martini Racing driver Lance Stroll will start his first ever Formula 1 grand prix from the back of the grid on Sunday, after receiving a five place grid penalty for a gearbox change, following a crash in FP3. The Canadian suffered a big shunt at the end of the Saturday morning practice session, that caused all sorts of disruption for the rest of the drivers, who had been in the process of completing their qualifying simulation runs at the time, before the session was red flagged and ended early. The 18-year-old rookie found himself in the wall at the exit of turn ten, having just bolted on the ultra-soft tyre compound. He swiped his right rear wheel into the barriers, which...
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