Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll managed to overturn a complicated weekend and score one point at his home Grand Prix. The Canadian driver went from the 17^th place to the 10^th while his teammate Sebastian Vettel could not make it into the top 10 as a Safety Car benefitted the home hero.

Stroll managed to keep the midfield train under control after a long first stint and then recover to 10^th place after the stop.

His point gave Aston Martin the 8^th place in the Team Championship standing ahead of Haas with fifteen points. Stroll is running 18^th in the drivers' championship with three points scored under his belt. Ten points behind teammate Sebastian Vettel who´s in 14^th place.

Stroll praised his team´s job by saying: "We had a great strategy for this race and I am super-pleased to have been able to score a point. We did a great job deciding to go long on the first set of tyres to make a one-stop race work, managing to keep a string of cars behind me.”

The Aston Martin wasn´t quick enough for Lance and he said to the media: “I don´t think we were actually too quick today and the car didn´t feel great.” However, the Canadian concluded: “It was a tough race and I don´t think we were very quick but at the end is good to score point.”

Highlighting the positives he added: “The overtake on Daniel [Ricciardo] was a nice bonus – we were on fresher tyres so it was a pretty easy move. Things are certainly a lot more challenging this year, but I am pleased to have had a successful race today.”

This was the first race in Canada since 2019 after the race was out of the calendar due to the Covid-19 pandemic and he had a few words for his home fans: "A big thank you to all the fans for giving me such a fantastic reception all weekend – it has been incredible to race at home after such a long time away.”