Felipe Drugovich, ꦚtheir reserve driver, will drive at the F1 Bahrain Grand Prix if Lance Stroll remains unavailable.

Stroll is injured with a wrist problem and missed preseason testing in Bahrain, when🅺 it emerged that the retired Vettel was a surprise option to replace him.

Four-time champion Vettel retired at the end of 2022 but had offered himself to Aston Martin, who he drove 🃏for last year♛, as a replacement for Stroll, Sky had reported.

Mike Krack, the Aston Martin boss, refused to r♏ule out the possib𝐆ility.

But on Sunday they clarified: “The team will continue 💝to give Lance every chance to race, pending recovery from his injury. Should he not be fit to compete, then Felipe will drive the AMR23 alongsid🐠e Fernando Alonso.”