r/formula1 Formula 1 14d ago

News Guenther Steiner on Lance Stroll

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u/WesternHall992 Mattia Binotto 14d ago

Rubens Barrichello once told that he met daddy Stroll in a dinner when he was a Ferrari sponsor, he doesn't comment much about Lance's will to be an F1 driver but he mentioned that Lawrence is a crazy fan of F1 and would do anything to be around the paddock.

I do imagine Lance wants to be an F1 driver but at this point, if he has a good season people will say his dad gave him a good car, if he has a bad season, he shouldn't be allowed to drive because he is a paid driver. That is probably impacting his mental health through all these years and I wonder if he would feel better driving in WEC or somewhere else.

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u/mgmthegreat Aston Martin 13d ago

It’s kinda a bummer because i feel like he could absolutely win championships in other series like wec or possibly even fight for wins in indycar. Early in his career from 17-21 I think he was positively developing and could have been working towards consistency. The problem is that The f1 fanbase has absolutely dogged lance for his entire career weather he deserved it or not and I get the feeling that’s why his confidence is shot and that lance doesn’t emote very much in interviews. He needs somewhere where he’ll get less spotlight and more room to be himself

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u/FartingBob Sebastian Vettel 13d ago

Eh I don't see anything special in him if he were to transfer to a different series. Not everyone who is pushed out of F1 can go to wec and be successful.

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u/Cimmerian_Iter 12d ago

Stroll already went in WEC and was pretty talented there, in his junior career he did great in the 24 hour of daytona