How Aston Martin rate Lance Stroll’s chances of racing at the Canadian Grand Prix with Felipe Drugovich on standby

Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll is in a race against time to be fit for his home race.

The Canadian Grand Prix has already been a happy hunting ground for Lance Stroll, as he scored his first points in Formula 1 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2017.

After retiring from the race the following year, Stroll hasn’t finished outside of the top 10 at any of the future Grand Prix held at the circuit.

However, there’s a real risk that Stroll might be unavailable to race for Aston Martin on 15 June.

After taking part in qualifying for the Spanish Grand Prix, Stroll withdrew from the race citing a recurrence of a wrist injury picked up ahead of the 2023 F1 season.

Stroll’s engineers were told via email that he wouldn’t be racing last Sunday and the 26-year-old then had surgery to relieve the issue.

Some fans weren’t happy that Felipe Drugovich didn’t make his F1 debut in Stroll’s place as Aston Martin’s reserve driver.

Felipe Drugovich is ready to replace Stroll next weekend despite his commitments to race for Cadillac at the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

A report coming out of Brazil has shared more details about Stroll’s chances of making it back in time for his home Grand Prix.

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Aston Martin believe Lance Stroll ‘will be able to’ race at the Canadian Grand Prix

A story from the Brazilian version of Motorsport has detailed what’s currently happening within the Aston Martin camp.

When Cadillac released a preview ahead of their upcoming Le Mans race, Drugovich was conspicuous in his absence.

However, sources close to the former Formula 2 champion have denied that it provides any sort of confirmation of his plans for that weekend.

They go on to say that Aston Martin ‘still believes’ that Stroll ‘will be able to’ race for the team at the Canadian Grand Prix.

Aston Martin think that he has enough time to recover from the procedure to be ready to race once again.

The Canadian showed when he initially suffered the injury that he has a remarkable habit of being able to get up to speed very quickly.

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Lance Stroll might be racing for his long-term Aston Martin future

It’s always been assumed that Stroll has a race seat at Aston Martin as long as his father Lawrence is in charge of the team.

However, Stroll’s latest deal only runs for two years, which does give team principal Andy Cowell some wiggle room if he wishes to bring in a driver from elsewhere.

Aston Martin have been interested in Max Verstappen for some time as arguably the fastest driver on the grid.

Lawrence Stroll has shown he’s willing to go all-out to bring the best people to Aston Martin and Verstappen would certainly fit into that category.

Verstappen has a get-out clause in his Red Bull contract but whether he would be interested in triggering it this year is another matter.

There is another theory that emerged from the Spanish Grand Prix about Stroll’s future.

Paddock rumours suggest Stroll’s injury could be setting him up to be released at the end of the year which would be a seismic change in Aston Martin’s approach to Formula 1.

With Fernando Alonso unlikely to continue beyond 2026, the Silverstone-based team could look very different in a couple of years’ time.