Lance Stroll ran injured in the Bahrain GP. The Canadian rider suffered an accident while training on a bicycle on February 18 that caused several fractures in his hands, which made it almost impossible for him to compete in the first race of the year. In the end, Fernando Alonso’s partner was able to get on the Aston Martin and finished sixth. A few days after the test, the 18 He has revealed all the details of his injury.
The Aston Martin driver has published a post on Instagram with a video about his miraculous recovery, accompanied by a message where he says that “he had a fracture and displacement in my right wrista fracture in my left wrista partial fracture in my left hand and finally another fracture of the big toe of the right foot».
At first, after the operation, it seemed impossible that he could race in Bahrain. “My medical team, at first, believed that I was not only going to miss the tests, but realistically the first races,” explains the Canadian who assures that after the surgery, Dr. Javier Mir, in charge of it, told him that “I would return to Jeddah if he worked hard and with a bit of luck he was optimistic he could compete in Bahrain – but that was a slim chance. To this day I am convinced that the urgency that Dr. Mir showed me helped bring me to Bahrain.”
Stroll’s full statement
I want to take a moment today to reflect on the past two weeks, and share my story with you.
On Saturday February 18th I crashed on my bike while training in Spain. The scans showed that I had a fracture and displacement in my right wrist, a fracture in my left wrist, a partial fracture in my left hand, and finally another fracture in my right big toe.
With the start of the season just around the corner, the timing couldn’t have been worse. My medical team, at first, believed that I was not only going to miss the tests, but realistically the first few races.
48 hours after my accident/12 days before the first race Dr. Javier Mir operated successfully on my right wrist. After the surgery, Dr. Mir told me that he would return to Jeddah if he worked hard and hopefully he was optimistic that he would be able to compete in Bahrain – but that was a slim chance. To this day I am convinced that the urgency that Dr. Mir showed me helped bring me to Bahrain.
The job was not done. Unfortunately, Dr. Mir explained that the fractures in my left hand/wrist and toe were not suitable for fixation, and that I would have to rely on a more conservative approach to heal my other injuries.
My medical team made sure we were doing anything and everything that showed some evidence for bone healing. It became my full time job, trying to match everything that could help, even if it was 0.5%.
Initially progress was slow – he needed a lot of help even with daily chores at home.
But every day it got better and once the cast came off on day 4 it became possible for us to get a chance to race in Bahrain. My medical team designed a program that would help me regain mobility and strength in my wrists.
Rehabilitation required hard work and persistence – but with an amazing medical team and my friends and family supporting me – I was able to push through the pain and get back on track in Bahrain with my team and fellow drivers.
And we did it!!!
I’m thankful for everyone who supported me, sent kind notes and wishes!”
