Lance Stroll believes it will be "a large ask" to win the Turkish Grand Prix for Racing Point, notwithstanding scoring his first Formula 1 pole on Saturday.
"Big ask" to win Turkish GP after shock maiden F1 pole
Stroll capitalised on heavy rain and low grip prerequisites on the new floor at Istanbul Park to rating his maiden F1 pole, edging out Red Bull's Max Verstappen by using two-tenths of a 2d in Q3 and surviving an investigation for enhancing his time below yellow flags.
Stroll stated after qualifying he was once "shocked" through the end result following struggles thru exercise as he grew to become the fifth-youngest pole-sitter in F1 history.
But the Canadian downplayed discuss of a practicable first F1 victory when speakme after qualifying, believing it would be a big project for Racing Point to preserve its gain and rating a first victory for the team, centered as Jordan in 1994, seeing that the 2003 Brazilian Grand Prix.
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"It's a large ask," Stroll said.
"It relies upon on what the prerequisites are doing to do. I have not without a doubt appeared at the prerequisites but for tomorrow.
"I heard perhaps there used to be a risk of rain at the begin of the race, so we are going to see what happens. That may want to mix matters up.
"I'll deal with that in a couple of hours. I'll let this sink in. I'm going to revel in the second for sure.
"It's a very exceptional second for me, [my] first pole role in Formula 1. We're going to digest that for a couple of hours, and then center of attention on the race."
Sunday will mark Stroll's 2d look on the the front row of an F1 grid, having commenced 2nd for the 2017 Italian Grand Prix after impressing in a moist qualifying session.
Racing Point crew boss Otmar Szafnauer stated the end result in Turkey used to be now not down to luck, however as an alternative the end result of a "well-judged" session by using Stroll.
Stroll has scored two F1 podiums to date, ending 0.33 in the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix and at this year's Italian Grand Prix.
He has no longer scored any factors in view that his look on the podium at Monza this year, and admitted beforehand this week he had struggled thru a "rough patch".
Stroll used to be joined toward the the front of the grid via team-mate Sergio Perez, who certified third, giving the crew a risk to rack up a large haul of factors in the combat for 0.33 vicinity in the constructors' championship.
Racing Point presently sits fifth in the standings, however is simply one factor at the back of third-placed Renault and has the identical rating as McLaren.
McLaren group boss Andreas Seidl stated Racing Point had the risk to "damage our potential to continue to be in the combat for P3" in Turkey.
"As I've stated in preceding weeks, we in no way had this yr the 0.33 quickest car," Seidl said.
"I nevertheless assume there may be a risk [to end third] due to the fact we usually have two drivers to be capable to rating excellent factors to continue to be in this combat for P3.
"But of course we rely a lot on what's going on tomorrow. We will no longer provide up this fight, as lengthy as we can continue to be in the points gap."
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