The Aston Martin teammates touched on Turn 4 of the opening lap as they each battled one of the Mercedes cars - fortunately, the incident did not halt what became an outstandingౠ race for the team.

Stroll was drivinꦡg two weeks after a cycling accident, which ruled ཧhim out of the Bahrain test, and left him needing surgery on his wrists and unable to walk.

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“It was really terrible timing,” Stroll said about ⛎the incident with Alonso.

“I was going on the inside of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell, trying to stay in front of him. I braked late, Fernando went for the cutback on 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton. He really stopped the car in the middle of Turn 4 and we just came t꧃ogether.

“Really horr♏ible timing for all those thin☂gs to happen with the great car we had today.

“Very fortunately we boꦇth saved it and went onto have a goo💮d race.

“My wrists were on fire after that, I was shedding a fewꦯ tears after that one.

“Most importantly we both stayed on track and went ont🔯o have a good race - dodged a bullet, for sﷺure.”

Alonso finished on🌠 the podium after a brilliant overtake of Hamilton, and Stroll finished sixth.

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“✅I thought it was George,” Alonso said about his early clash with his new teammate.

“I saw the replay on TV later and it was Lance. He had a very good start because he was alongside me in Turn 4, we got lucky, two cars 𒐪didn’t 🐲have any problems and we could continue.”

Stroll revealed how close he came to missing the opening race of 2023: “It was a terrible time to crash on a bicycle and doctors were tellingℱ me, ‘Maybe Australia, maybe Baku…’

“The light at the end of the tunnel was very hard to see but ⛎I had an incredible medical team that helped me along the way.”

Aston Martin, rumoured throughout the winter to be the team to watch in 2023, ju♑stified the hype with their s𝕴tunning results on Sunday in Bahrain.