Hell, even if Alonso and him were in the Red Bull, Stroll probably still wouldn’t wind up on the podium. That’s how blowfully he performs.
Even with a better car, your highest expectation is a podium? Says everything about the guy. BTW, just curious why you’re so into this guy—he’s got no talent, no charisma and seems a really spoiled brat—are you related somehow?
@william and @tifosi012 like Stroll because he goes against everything and anything having to do with F1. His dad and Lance are doing whatever they want to do and NOBODY can tell them ****!! That's the power of money and the Strolls.
What a noble stand on the part of the Strolls—burn money indiscriminately on a no-talent… that might one day hurt somebody with his antics.
I actually find the support for nepotism and sub-mediocrity to be more objectionable than the situation itself. I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again: This is the equivalent of buying the New York Yankees and putting your kid in the starting rotation when his only pitch is an 82 mile per hour fastball.
No discussion of the superb wheel to wheel duel between Stroll and Magnussen? That was absolute world class stuff by both drivers and wonderfully entertaining to the fans.
Good for Lance 1 episode of almost racing and he is a hero LOL. Sorry he is a dunce, dull and clueless. A subpar, below average non F1 talent. He has a seat due to money. He is literally the joke of the paddock. Aston is much less than it should be with him in a seat. Pathetic.
Autosport Readers rating for Lance the Stroll-- Qualified 20 combined places behind Alonso – Q2 exit leaving Aston narked at Sainz’s rejoining. Losing DRS meant Ocon getting 13th at sprint’s end. Battled by Bottas at GP start and somehow escaped penalty for shoving Hulkenberg wide. Was in points hunt but wrecked it with Ricciardo restart one shunt. Yes, Sainz and Alonso accelerating and braking caused a chain reaction, but Stroll was alone in getting embarrassingly caught out. Autosport rating 3 Readers average 2.14
I don't know anything about football (it's football your are talking about, right ?), but doing what you depict, is it forbidden by any rule? Is it a crime ? Are people who have money allowed to spend it the way they want? Or should they ask for approval from the public ? There are more objectionable things going on than worrying about a father bankrolling his son's hobby. Don't you think ? As for "nepotism", it's a drop in the ocean, so it's ridiculous to make a mountain out of a molehill.
The difference between a hobby and a job. Anyone can respect you or be jealous of you for having a great time in an F1 car with your own time and money or benefits of good connections. When it is your job and you have that position over someone else and your performance is responsible for the success or failure of the company you work for, all the other employees, the investors, etc. Now there is real accountability. You are basically saying that it is okay to be a garbage worker because you are having fun. Sorry, but I find that unacceptable.
I scratch my head at their support of the Stroll's. I don't understand how anybody supports a driver that is so undeserving of the seat for so long. There are only 20 seats in F1, and he is taking one up for going on 10 years. He is so bad that even as a pay driver, the teams don't want him and so his dad buys an entire team. Instead of putting their efforts and resources to please the better driver, currently one of the best drivers of all time in Alonso, they give preferences to a guy that shouldn't even be in F1. So we have a kid that isn't fast enough be in F1, he is dangerous which literally puts other people at risk (see USA 2022). He has never earned anything. Better drivers suffer because of the team forced to focus on his inabilities. None of his peers like him or respect him. Who in their right mind supports him being in F1? Especially to support such a useless driver simply because his family is rich. That is some weird wealth worship if you ask me.
It'd most be fun to hear what Mr. Stroll Sr. would keep saying to the investors and the board... At some point the embarrassment to justify him will be too much, wouldn't? We were talking about Sainz replacing him. That would push the team forward considerably. Right now, as a team, they are driving with one hand.
I guess it’s like when I buy a lotto ticket—there’s the excitement of maybe winning even though the odds are a million to one. And a lotto ticket has not much less personality.
The team's problems are not Lance. They are the car. If the car was worth anything Alonso would put it on the podium. It might be convenient to blame Lance for the team's troubles but he has little to do with it. Put Sainz in that seat and not much will happen either. PS: I consider Alonso WAY better than Sainz. PPS: People on here downplayed the car development ability of Hamilton at Merc. Well, with the same token you can't say that Lance not developing the car is hindering the team. Can't have it both ways.
I disagree. You put Sainz in that car with Alosno and the team accumulates WAY MORE POINTS than 2023 and 2024 (possibly) combined!!
Well, he's also part of the problem. If he was better, he would be closer to Alonso and eventually get more points, which in turn would get the team more revenue money from the FIA (if they overtook a team, specially last year), and then that extra money would serve to develop the car or improve the design the new one when the time comes. His feedback at the wheel doesn't seem to influence the development during the year while keep crashing and making mistakes. So Alonso has to be the one pushing the team.
That's true but so what? All that does is give them more money and a garage more towards the front. Neither will improve the car.
Lack of money is not the problem. Stroll Sr. just built a state of the art factory for the team. What they really need is a Newey level designer. That's their #1 problem. BTW: The exact same thing can be said for Ferrari. They have all the cash in the world yet no wins. And they have two good drivers, but again, that's not the problem.
The 2023 development was a disaster. Interestingly the car went from being the 2nd best and a car Alonso was very happy with and Stroll was miserable in, to a car that was as low as 6th best, Alonso got worse and Stroll got better. Add that Stroll got upgrades before Alonso suggest they developed around Stroll over Alonso and the team's performance dramatically fell.
Ummm, more sponsorship as well? And if Lawrence Stroll sells the company, he bangs in more money in the sale for himself and his consortium.
