Aston Martin has identified the origin of Lance Stroll's retirement from last weekend's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix although it has yet to determine the root cause of the failure. Having launched his race from P5 on the grid, Stroll cycled through a strong opening stint in fourth place before switching from the medium to the hard compound tyre on lap 13. But three laps after resuming his charge, the Canadian was ordered by the Aston pitwall to stop his car, which he duly did, pulling off the track at Turn 16. "We were just losing power every lap, like six, seven laps kind of thing, just a second and a half every lap and eventually it was game over," said Stroll after the race....
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