The 24-year-old Canadian los🐽t control of his Aston Martin t𒐪hrough the final corner at the end of Q1 and smashed into the barriers, causing extensive damage to his car. 

Despite emerging from the violent 150mph crash unscathed and being cleared by the on-site medical team, Stroll൲ withdrew from the event after Aston Martin said he was ꧟“still sore”. 

Speaking to med🌃ia on his return to the F1 paddock ahead of thi🦄s weekend’s Japanese Grand Prix, Stroll explained his call. 

“Much better than I felt on Sunday, I’m feeling OK n🦹ow,” he said.

“[The feeling was] just everywhere. I was fine, I was h🌟ealthy to race, but I wa🧸sn’t physically feeling good enough to do Singapore, which is the hardest race of the year.

“ꦅI felt it﷽ creeping up on me on Saturday night and I knew it wasn’t going to be fun waking up on Sunday.”

Stroll added: “I went through all the concussion protocols and did all my ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚtests and stuff.

“They just [said], ‘See how you feel later in the night’ and all that stuff 𝓰and then make a decision tomorrow.”

Stroll, who was du♐e to start 20th and last, insisted he had no regrets missing out on a potential recovery drive to the points. 

“There’s aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚlways an opportunity on Sunday to race and try to score some points,” Stroll said.&ꦛnbsp;

“We saw drivers come from pretty far back on Sunday and ma⛦nage to climb through the field to score points.

“You never know what’ll happen. If I would’ve felt fine and really good, I would’ve raced.&ꦆnbsp;

"But I just didn’t really feel like it was the right thing to do and I thinkꦜ it would’ve delayed my recovery to coming here and feeling 100%.”