Barcelona testing – Lance Stroll believes he was the “victim” of a car failure after crashing out of the third day of pre-season testing.

Despite the rookie Williams driver clocking 98 laps on his second full day in the Williams FW40, he brought out the red flags twice after spinning off the circuit.

The first incident happened just before the lunch break and ended their morning running early.

He was able to make up for lost time in the afternoon, however, with the Williams team checking over the car during the lunch hour and sending him back out for comprehensive mileage.

Despite the progress, an even bigger incident ended his afternoon early. He lost control of the car on the exit of turn five and crashed into the wall on the inside of the corner, something which Stroll has put down to car issue.

“There was an issue on the car, and I was a victim of the situation. We’re still figuring it all out so I’m not going to go into detail about.

“I’m going to let them [Williams] speak, I’m not allowed to go into detail about it.”

When asked about his first spin prior to the lunch break, the Canadian conceded that that incident was down to driver error:

“Yeah that was just me on the last lap, I was told to find the limit and I was still pushing the tyre to it’s limit.

“That was just a typical spin.

“One was me pushing, and the other was due to something happening that I’m not going to go into detail about.”

“It was still a good day; one hundred laps, the team’s happy and I’m happy with the way it went. I was happy with the car.

Stroll added that he was not sure if the Williams team would be short of parts for tomorrow’s test day.