According to the expert, there is no significant difference in class between the Canadian and the leading pilot Alonso.
Team Director Aston Martin Mike Krak expressed confidence that Lance Strollalong with lead pilot Fernando Alonsowill remain with the British team for the 2024 season.
“I think we don’t have any debate at the moment. We’ll be fine next year with two riders.”
“Here [между Алонсо и Строллом] there is no noticeable gap in performance, there is a noticeable gap in points. And it is important to separate these two concepts. We, as a team, analyze the season from both points of view, from the point of view of both riders.”
“I think we as a team need to work much better on the racing strategy, but we also had reliability issues and it always hit this car. So this is what we need to do, do much, much better,” Krak said.
Stroll, 24, has been in Formula 1 since 2017. For all the time he, speaking for 4 different teams, spent 136 races and did not win any of them, only rising to the podium three times.
The Canadian has been with the Aston Martin team for the third season. The previous two years, he competed on an equal footing with Sebastian Vettel. In the 2023 season, Lance is a clear number two behind two-time series champion Fernando Alonso. While the Spaniard has placed on the podium seven times in 13 races, his teammate has only once finished higher than sixth. At the same time, twice (in Imola and Baku) Stroll went out of the race.
At the Dutch Grand Prix, held on August 27, Alonso finished second for the third time this season (following the clear leader of the season, Max Verstappen). Stroll finished the race in 11th place. The Canadian driver hasn’t had a podium since 2020 when he was still driving for Racing Point.
The next Formula 1 Grand Prix will take place in Italy (Monza circuit) on September 3rd.
Source: Sportarena
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