Lawrence Stroll gave an update on the season of his two drivers. Day and night within the team. The arrival of Fernando Alonso to the team was a “breath of fresh air” for both parties and Stroll claims the Spaniard has made a great “contribution to the team”, and also dared to speak about the future of both. champion of time. The opposite side is played by Lance Stroll, who fails to achieve good results, but the Aston Martin owner is clear that this is the result of ‘bad luck’ rather than the ‘skill’ of the driver.

Aston Martin has both sides of the coin in its box. While Alonso has maximized the AMR23’s potential since the start of the season, Stroll is struggling to follow in his teammate’s footsteps. Indeed, the Canadian no longer knows what it means to score points since the Belgian Grand Prix and has four consecutive eliminations in Q1. It is true that the team’s situation has changed since the beginning of the year until today and that the car has lost speed compared to its rivals, but the difference between the two is appalling: Alonso doesn’t know what it’s like to be eliminated from start to finish. the season and he only added one zero.

Lawrence Stroll praised the Asturian driver. His signing for the team came as a surprise and many called it a mistake. However, Aston Martin’s step forward over the winter has been significant and Alonso has achieved seven podiums so far this season. Today the team’s situation has changed and the fight for podiums has become complicated, but the driver has not lost his thirst to win and continues to show that age does not matter.

“He contributed a lot. He’s full of energy, like he’s 22 years old. He is very committed, extremely motivated“, obviously has great talent and is a fantastic brand ambassador,” Lawrence Stroll said in statements released by Sky Sports.

“He is fantastic as a Formula 1 driver, I would say on and off the track he is a fantastic ambassador for Aston Martin,” he added.

Alonso signed a multi-year contract with Aston Martin, so he is still under contract for next season. When this ends, the Asturian will be 44 years old, so the big unknown appears again: how old will Alonso race? Will there be a renewal? “Everything is possible“Lawrence Stroll pointed this out.

“Right now He has a contract to drive with us next year and we are looking forward to it.“, he emphasized.

Concerning Lance Stroll, the owner of Aston Martin came to his defense. Their season is forgotten in terms of results, but the team boss clearly explains the reason: “bad luck”. “Lance started the year on the wrong footwith his broken wrist in the first half dozen races, which was quite a challenge, but he really did a heroic job and he had a lot of bad luck,” Stroll explained of the Canadian driver’s performance .

“He had nine retirements due to engine failure or rear wing failure,” he stressed.

“In half the races it had nothing to do with his own ability, he just had a lot of bad luckunfortunately,” he said.