“Father and son once came to our factory to have a look: I have never seen such an interested father and such a disinterested son.” This has been sourced by the Crash Website and quite frankly I’m not surprised.
Ever since Lance made his debut back in 2017 he has always been a marmite driver. Part of the Ferrari Academy setup at one point, He was Italian F4 champion in 2014, Toyota Racing Series champion in 2015, and 2016 FIA European Formula 3 champion which in that year he was beating the likes of Lando Norris and George Russell.
Now move forward to 2023 and things have went downhill for the Canadian. Struggling to compete alongside his older teammate Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll showed yet again in Qatar that there is a storm brewing at Aston Martin.
Stroll’s attitude has been striking negatively for some time. This all came to floriation when he pushed his trainer after being eliminated in Q1 at Qatar.
Father Lawrence Stroll bought Aston Martin because Williams were not good enough. Aston Martin got a brand new factory from Stroll and brought in big names, with Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso as figureheads. In the background, Stroll was pushed further and further away, especially with the arrival of Alonso.
Lance Stroll is done with Formula 1. An official announcement about 2024 remains outstanding. Lance’s contract is always an unknown. This time last year, he was already announced for this season.
That has not happened for 2024 (yet). David Croft guessed that Stroll might take up another sport. Stroll laughed about it, but who knows, maybe Croft’s guess was not so crazy.
The announcement that Aston Martin will also compete in the World Endurance Championship and Le Mans cannot really be separated from Stroll’s attitude and achievements in F1. He may have realised that he will never win alongside Alonso. Maybe in endurance racing, he will succeed. For Stroll’s father, it would also solve some problems.
