2022 Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix highlights

Sebastian secured four well-earned points for Aston Martin Aramco Cognizant Formula One Team at Spa-Francorchamps, while Lance just missed out on a top 10 result.

A raft of grid penalties helped elevate both Lance and Sebastian onto row five on the grid for the Belgian Grand Prix, and they aimed to capitalise on that strong starting position in the race.

Lance Stroll

It was a tricky day out there today, and we were so close to picking up a point. Things did not quite work out for us as we had hoped. Losing some positions early on made it tough, but we had some fun battles out there within the midfield.

Later in the race, we got stuck in a DRS train behind [Alex] Albon’s Williams, and ultimately we came up just short. Our race pace was positive, however, and we are extracting good performance from the car when it matters most.

Sebastian Vettel

Eighth is a solid result. I was a little bit unlucky with the timing for the second stop. I came out just behind Pierre [Gasly] and lost a lap behind him, which allowed Esteban [Ocon] on new tyres to close down the advantage I had built up during the middle stint.

Once again, we were more competitive in the race than in qualifying: we started strongly and I managed to find a decent rhythm. I was able to put pressure on both Alpines, and I think seventh might have been possible, but they were a bit too fast for us today. But we will bank these points.

Mike Krack, Team Principal

After qualifying yesterday we said that our aim would be to score points with both cars in today’s race, and we very nearly achieved just that.

Sebastian finished a fine eighth, and Lance ended up 11th, less than a second behind the 10-placed finisher [Albon]. We started both cars on Mediums, then split the strategies [Vettel: Medium-Hard-Medium; Stroll: Medium-Medium-Hard].

Both drivers optimised the chances that those two strategies gave them, Lance, in particular, executing some impressive overtaking manoeuvres en route, and as I say we were only a whisker away from scoring points with both cars.

From here we go straight to Zandvoort [Netherlands], where we will be hoping to add further to our World Championship points total.

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