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RACING POINT: Lance STROLL has very DIFFICULT DAYS behind him

Lance Stroll has “experienced a number of physical and mental blows” in the last few months, according to Racing Point technical manager Andrew Green, because he has failed to become one of the point winners in the last five races.

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A series of seven consecutive points scored Canadian reached its climax with the podium in Monza, but is then v Mugello experienced a severe collision and spun in Russia. Then he came Nurburgring, who was released due to an unknown illness that later turned out to be Covid-19.

He returned to Portugal, but once again did not finish the race after colliding with Land Norris in the first corner after doing the same with in training Max Verstappn. In Imola he got involved with Esteban Ocon, points went wrong, and in addition, a mechanic injured him during a stop in the pits.

Green he admitted that he was Stroll still felt the effects of the infection on covid-19 when he returned to the paddock, both physical feces mental. "Obviously he's not where he was yet," said Green. "From the state where he was at Monza to the state where he is now, he lacks self-confidence and we will have to work on that next week to get him back to the right level."

Andrew Green believes that Lance Stroll has not yet fully recovered from the coronavirus infection, which also affects his form.

“The disease really destroyed him, we certainly didn’t anticipate that. We've heard about how long it can take for some to recover from an illness, and I think that's the reason for his poor performance in the last races. "

"He has to regain his confidence, believe in himself again and we'll get the Lance we had the first two-thirds of the season," he adds Green: "Physically and mentally, he received a lot of blows, he had a serious accident in Mugello, so I think that probably shook his self-confidence. Then came the disease and things only got worse. After all, these are small pieces that we need to reassemble into a mosaic. The boy is tough, but at the moment things around him are anything but pleasant. ”

Stroll has dropped to 11th place in the drivers rankings and has a six-point advantage over Pierre Gasly (AlphaTaurii), while Racing Point according to Imola, he fell by two places in the constructors' championship, to fifth place, but is third Renault just one point ahead of the pink team.

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