Lance Stroll Drops HUGE BOMBSHELL on Alonso After SHOCKING STATEMENT!

Lance strollers fired back at the critics who labeled him as the weak Link in Aston Martin putting the blame primarily on the Canadian driver when it comes to why the silverston Bas Squad is located where they are right now however Lance does not believe that the difference to Alonzo is that big as a matter of fact he doesn't even believe there is a difference between both of them in terms of performance and his words have sparked a fierce debate because he does hold a valid point in terms of the qualifying head-to-head but with this in mind should Aston Martin look for right at times ahead of themselves now that stroll is full of self-confidence and more importantly is stroll really the driver he feels he is the situation Aston Martin has been quite questionable in the last couple of months to say the least the silverston base team has entered the 2024 campaign believing that they have what it takes to fight in the top three based on the upgrades that started to come at the end of 2023 but they were utterly disappointed to see that even a fight with McLaren and Mercedes is now not possible this puts them in P5 a position that they are very likely to be challenged for from racing Bulls and the summary is that Aston Martin are the biggest losers compared to the rest of the grid comparing the first eight venues from last year they have 110 points less than in 2023 a major blame for this was put to L stoll's performance and if you to look at the driver's standings you would understand why this argument was being made in the first place Lance has only 11 points to his name and is outside of the the top 10 drivers despite driving for a team that's in the top five auki Coda has eight points more than the Canadian driver Alonzo on the other hand had 33 points to his name and is responsible for 75% of the points that his team has scored which is the fourth best on the grid after albon hulkenberg and sonoda the results are scored on Sunday and whether we like it or not Lance's performance has been rather questionable to say the least in China we've seen a mistake that not even a rookie driver would have made when he crashed into the back of Ricardo and ruined his race but if you were to ask Lance stroll he feels like the difference between him and Alonzo is not existent because in the past couple of weekends he's been able to outperform his teammate during the qualifying sessions that is true stroll managed to get into Q2 in the last two races in which Alonzo exited in q1 and notched his worst career finish in imer p19 where stroll picked up two points for the team when talking about the current criticism to WS him and the comparisons with Alonzo stroll went on to say Alonzo is a two-time world champion and people see him as a top driver in Formula 1 but our jewels in qualifications are 4 to four the points are a little bit deceiving because sometimes one guy can have an engine failure which sometimes differentiates the points at the end of the season I look at my last few weekends and I think they've been strong when I look at PACE right now in speed like I said it's 44 in qual people say he's super good and I beat him in the last few weekends so take that as you want it is quite a bold statement for you to say that the qualification head-to-head is what needs to be looked at primarily although it plays a massive factor in where the drivers end up at the final lap of the race however Lance's position in Aston Martin is unique and there isn't any other driver that can boast of the fact that his father owns the team therefore the Canadian driver does not feel the pressure to perform better because his seat is pretty much guaranteed there are however a lot of changes that Aston Martin will go through in the following period such as the engine supplier change with Honda coming on board from 2026 onwards what this goes to show is that there might be some pressure on Lawrence to change things up if the car has proven to be one of the best on the grid and a constant challenger but the points difference is as big as it is right now because we must remember that Honda is coming from a championship winning environment from Red Bull and they won't settle for anything less than that be that as it may lant's position in the team could very well be in danger despite the ongoing situation with his father owning the team aramco is willing to invest a lot more as they are now the sole title sponsor of Aston Martin and the Canadian billionaire has sold some minority Stakes to other investors like arctos which goes to show that he might be looking for a little bit of a step back from the commanding role in Astin Martin if this is to happen the financial partners of ason Martin won't be nearly as kind to Lance as his father and all of the current garniture that the team has set in place which is definitely something that the Canadian driver should fear now that Coda has a realistic opportunity to follow Honda to silverston from 2026 onwards the fact that Red Bull decided to continue the collaboration with Perez in the following 2 years goes to show a clear direction that the team has set in front of themselves there's no place for anyone else next to vapen other than Perez and if you want to free yourself out of the Red Bull's change you're free to do so this is something that Coda has discussed saying that has a lot of interest from other teams and he has openly spoke to other contenders about his signature but then again Honda is the company that plays a huge role here because they are the most responsible for Coda receiving a seat from 2021 onwards in the first place still ason Martin is convinced that the technical knowledge that land stroll possesses is too much to give up on something that Mike crack has also constantly shared in the media when talking about the young Canadian driver on top of that the ambassador of the team and a former F1 driver Pedro Delarosa had nothing but praise for Lance warning us that we might be seeing a totally different version of stroll in the following period because it's just a matter of time before all of the talent he possesses explodes on the grid furthermore Delarosa said Lance is just unreal with the amount of potential he has when you compare him against Fernando there are Corners where Lance is quicker he's learning a lot with Fernando they work together very well and it's is just a matter of time before we see the the best Lance and a big explosion of talent the moment he puts everything together he will be outstanding one thing that people do not realizes how hard Lune Works how much dedication he puts into the simulator working with the team on himself looking at the data and improving that is an assignment that has made me understand his potential because I see how hard he works inside the team and also how well he works with Fernando how much they talk between them this is something outstanding but if we are to look at the latest performance from Aston Martin's drivers or more precisely the upgrades that they mounted on their cars we cannot help but put a little bit of Doubt on the technical expertise not only of stroll but of Alonzo as well we're not saying that the drivers are at fault for giving false feedback to the factory but the fact is that the car is regressing in performance and just because stroll managed to out qualify Alonzo in the last two races and score points in EMA doesn't automatically mean he's the better driver and the narrative has changed the facts speak louder than words and right now stroll is in a very difficult situation he needs to prove to the entire team and the financial partners that he has what it takes to be fighting up front the only thing that prevents him from doing this is the fact that whether he does it or not he knows he won't be losing the seat therefore if it's done it would be for Pure personal satisfaction at least up until 2026 when the stage is set to change and the new regulations could see Aston Martin become far more competitive than what they are right now this could be one of the primary reasons why serious talks were held between Lauren stroll and the team principal of Aston Martin Mike crack as well as the technical director Dan Fallows who was brought in as one of the biggest names back in 2023 after being poached from Red Bull where he served the role of chief of aerodynamics but once the upgrade started to come on the car the team understood that one bird does not bring the spring to your porch and phow himself can only do so much which is why he's now under a huge threat to be replaced from Ferrari's current technical director enrio card with all of this in mind do you think the situation in Aston Martin has developed to the point of L stroll comparing himself with Fernando Alonzo and more importantly do you think that downfall of the team would force the two-time world champion to think about an early retirement let us know in the 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Length: 8min 28sec (508 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 07 2024