Stroll rues pit exit mistake which cost him potential Sakhir GP F1 victory

Lance Stroll believes his mistake out of the pits cost him a shot o🎐f winning the Sakhir F1 Grand Prix.
The Canadian was running ahead of Ocon and eventual﷽ race winner and teammate Sergio Perez before making his one and only stop for fresh medium tyres.
Stroll ran wide on the exit of pits which allowed Ocon to g✤et past thꦡrough Turn 4.
As he battled Perez for the position, he ran wide at🍃 Turn 4 allowing the Mexican to get through.
Stroll managed to maintain third place to secure his second podium of 2020 but without his m🧜istakes, he believes he could have won the🍌 race.
"A part of me is a little bit disappointed that I think I could have won th🧜e race," Stroll said. "I went a little bit deep on my pit exit after my pitstop, and Esteban managed to get by me. Then I justಌ didn't have the pace.
"I locked up and Serg🌺io went by, but I just didn't really have the pace to overtake Esteban🍬. I got held up there a little bit. But all in all very happy for the team.
"I mean it's an unbe💟lievable result and first and third is exactly what we needed this weekend for tಞhe championship."
Speaking of his mistake out of the pits, Stroll added: "I think being in the fight with Esteban and Sergio, I was꧒ l🐠ate on the DRS actually out of three.
"Sergio got a 𒉰good run on me and then I was defending. I just miscalculated it, braked a little bit late and locked up.
"It one of those things but I am super happy f⛎or Sergio. He's got a couple of races left for the team. He has been up there for such a long time waiting for the win and it came this weekend, so I a💛m really happy for him."
Racing Point’s 1-3 finish 🃏means it has a stronghold on third place in the constructors’ championship🐓, with it ten points ahead of McLaren with one round in Abu Dhabi to go.

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