Lance Stroll says he consulted Max Verstappen before committing to making his GT racing debut during this year’s unexpected Formula 1 calendar gap.Stroll will race in this weekend’s GT World Challenge Europe season opener at Paul Ricard for Aston Martin squad Comtoyou Racing, sharing an Aston Martin Vantage GT3 with sometime F1 driver Roberto Merhi and Aston Martin F1 academy driver Mari Boya.That race – part of the series’ Endurance Cup championship – that would have clashed with F1’s Bahrain Grand Prix but for its cancellation (along with the Saudi Arabian GP) due to military conflict that has taken place in the Middle East.Asked about his decision to contest the race, Stroll said that plan had been formed at the Japanese GP – F1’s most recent race, at Suzuka – while at dinner with Merhi and others, when “we were talking about what we could do during this break period – about a month – because some …
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Author: Jack Cozens
