Lance Stroll refuses to discuss wrist injury specifics ahead of home Canadian Grand Prix

Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll cleared to race at Canadian Grand Prix after undisclosed medical procedure for wrist injury.

Lance Stroll cited “medical privacy” Thursday in refusing to discuss the specifics of the wrist injury or medical procedure that kept the Formula 1 driver from participating in the Spanish Grand Prix two weeks ago.

The Aston Martin driver has been cleared to compete this weekend at his home Canadian Grand Prix, but he was short on details about his injury. Aston Martin has said only that Stroll, the son of the team owner, underwent a “successful medical procedure to resolve the symptoms” and that he completed test laps in France to earn clearance for Sunday’s race in Canada.

The 26-year-old Stroll did not elaborate further. The team previously said Stroll had been experiencing pain for six weeks and doctors believed the problem was related to a medical procedure he underwent in 2023 following a cycling accident to treat fractures to both wrists and a broken toe.

“Pretty confident. Should be good,” Stroll initially offered Thursday in Montreal.

He only revealed a bit more after persistent questioning.

“It was bothering me for a few weeks over Imola, Monaco and then Barcelona was just really brutal throughout the weekend,” Stroll said. “I got a procedure done and drove this week and I was feeling pretty good, so I’m confident it’s just the old injury that I had with it a couple of years ago. It just started to bug me again and yeah, just got it sorted.”

When asked which wrist was treated, Stroll said: “That’s my right one,″ in reference to the hand he refused to remove from his pocket during Thursday’s news conference in Montreal.