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 of winning the Sakhir F1 Grand Prix.
The Ca🦩nadian 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 th🦄e exit of pits which allowed Ocoꦏn to get past through 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 mistakes, he believes he could 💮have won the race.
"A part of me is a little bit disappointed that I think I could have won the race," Stroll said. "I went a little bit deep on my pit exit after my pitst💯op, and Esteban managed to get by me. Then I just didn't have the pace.
"I locked up and Sergio 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 happ⛎y for the team.
"I mean it's an unbelievable result a🔯nd first and third is exactly what we needed this weekend for the champion♔ship."
Speaking of h൩is mistake out of the pits, Stroll added: "I think being in the fight with Esteban and Sergio, I was late on the DRS actually out of three.
"Sergio got a good r🥀un on me and then I was defending. I just miscalculaꦓted it, braked a little bit late and locked up.
"It one of those things but I am super happy for Sergio. He's got a co♐uple 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 am 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 rou🎀nd in Abu Dhabi to go.

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