Stroll: "Big Issues" Caused to Focus on Survival Rather Than Racing

19:40, 25 Mar 2018
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Lance Stroll has admitted that his FW41 still has a lot of issues and that his main focus in Australia was to keep his Williams on the track.
The Canadian was quickly overtaken by Force India's Esteban Ocon at the start and was overtaken later by Sauber's rookie Charles Leclerc. Stroll finished fourteenth, with only Brendon Hartley behind him.
“We were in the wrong mode on the first lap and that is the reason Ocon got me,” said Stroll. “We also have none of the extra power we need for the safety car restart which is where I lost the place to Leclerc."
“We are just basically trying to get the car to the end of the race instead of racing. There was a lot going on today with big issues that cost us a lot of race time. I hope we can find the solution before Bahrain.”