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Penalties pile up as Stroll endures tough GT baptism

Michael Delaney 12/04/2026 at 12:3012/04/2026 at 11:45 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. ©GTWorldChallenge It was a long day and a tough baptism in GT racing for Lance Stroll on Saturday at the Circuit Paul Ricard. Behind the wheel of the #18 Aston Martin Vantage GT3 run by Comtoyou Racing, Stroll teamed up with Roberto Merhi and Mari Boya for the GT World Challenge season opener – a six-hour race that quickly turned into a battle for survival. Starting from P15, the trio never quite found clean air. Mistakes and misfortune stacked up: penalties for collisions, ignored blue flags, and repeated track limits violations snowballed into a staggering eight minutes and 25 seconds...
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