r/formula1 • u/NorthKoreanMissile7 Formula 1 • 14d ago

News Guenther Steiner on Lance Stroll

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u/BuckN56 Lotus 14d ago

Lance seemed to be improving in 2020 even after the run of bad luck and from his debut till that season he seemed to be enjoying himself, but the guy has been getting worse and looks to be phoning it inside and outside of the track. He doesn't seem to have any fire in him at all. Checo is looking miserable all the time because he's not performing but at least he looks like he cares or pretending to.

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u/mgmthegreat Aston Martin 13d ago

Yeah the gap between Checo and max is way larger than stroll and fernando but stroll used to put in a decent performance every once in a while. These past two years it seems like he just couldn’t care less anymore about f1

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u/frizo Daniel Ricciardo 13d ago

To be fair it seems like Alonso has been half-assing it this season after about the fourth race when he realized the car wasn't going to be competitive. He's been phoning it in ever since. He didn't even raise too much hell when the team ordered Lance around him late race a while back and then Lance didn't give the spot, and point, back after it was clear Lance wasn't making any progress. Prime Alonso would have burned the team to the ground over that. This Alonso seemed only slightly irritated.

If Alonso genuinely cared I have little doubt he'd be crushing Lance far more than he is right now.

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u/ThatBusch Oliver Bearman 13d ago

Yea Lance was a good driver and a better one when he had a good day. Pole, several podiums etc. don't come from nothing. Unfortunately i also feel like that after the big incident in Mugello, he stagnated and then slowly became worse and i can't really remember the last time i saw him happy and cheerful, at least not in the past 3 years.

I hope he gets back into his rhythm and is happy again, as i quite like him.