Overview
- Stroll locked up while lunging up the inside at Turn 1, hit Ocon’s Haas, spun him out, and retired shortly after with heavy front-end damage.
- He received two penalty points on his Super License, taking his 12‑month total to seven, with a ban triggered at 12.
- Because he did not finish the Sprint, the sanction converts to a five-place grid drop for Sunday’s Grand Prix, equivalent to a 10-second time penalty.
- Stroll apologized and said he misjudged the attempt, while Ocon said Haas should have enough spares and described the incident as wrong place, wrong time.
- Aston Martin confirmed significant damage to Stroll’s AMR25, and the incident capped a Sprint with five retirements that included both McLarens and Fernando Alonso, leaving Aston Martin with a double DNF.