Aston Martin announced Stroll’s withdrawal in Spain late on Saturday evening. The following morning it emerged that he had lost his temper in the team’s garage after he was knocked out of qualifying after the second session, in which he was more than 0.5 seconds slower than team-mate Fernando Alonso.

Drivers are required to head straight to the FIA garage to be weighed after qualifying, which Stroll did not do until later. He was given a warning by stewards for his misdemeanour.

Stewards said after investigating the incident that Stroll had written them a letter and “explained that the reason for failing to immediately attend the weighing was because he was in pain and sought urgent medical attention for the pain.

“He attended the weigh-in and the media pen as soon as he was able to, before heading to the medical centre for further evaluation.”