Stroll was eliminated from the on the first lap after Charles Leclerc made contact with him, causing Stroll to hit a wall. He withdrew from the at Nürburgring due to illness having sat out the third practice session. His team confirmed he did not have COVID-19, saying he had passed all necessary FIA tests in this regard. He was replaced for qualifying and the race by Nico Hülkenberg. Shortly after the Eifel Grand Prix, Stroll tested positive for COVID-19. He completed a 10-day isolation period and returned to racing at the , in which he collided with Lando Norris. This caused Stroll's eventual retirement from the race, his fourth consecutive non-finish. Stroll took his first pole position at the after a wet qualifying session. In doing so, he became the first Canadian F1 driver to take pole position since Jacques Villeneuve at the 1997 European Grand Prix. Stroll led the race for 32 of the 58 laps, but reported severe tire graining and eventually fell to ninth place by the end of the race. After the race, Racing Point found damage on Stroll's front wing which they named as the cause of his tire issues. Shortly after the was restarted following Romain Grosjean's accident, Stroll's car was flipped over after making contact with Daniil Kvyat at turn eight. Stroll was uninjured and was able to extract himself from the car.