Voices call for Lance Stroll to be fired, calling him “the worst F1 driver in history”[F1-Gate.com]

The pressure is on Lance Stroll’s shoulders.

Aston Martin have just signed Fernando Alonso to a new contract for 2025 and 2026, but team boss Mike Kulak said in Shanghai that the 25-year-old’s future will be decided “in the coming weeks”. I warned you.

He also claimed that Aston Martin is “Lance’s home”. It’s an understandable comment given that the Silverstone-based team is owned by the Canadian driver’s billionaire father Lawrence.

1996 world champion Damon Hill joked last week that Stroll might give up F1 to play “tennis”, while former F1 team owner Eddie Jordan also said Stroll would quit F1 at the end of this season. I expected it to be.

These predictions come as in-form Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz races to find a new team for 2025, raising the tantalizing prospect of an all-Spanish driver line-up. was.

However, team ambassador Pedro de la Rosa hit back at rumors about Stroll, including speculation that the 25-year-old is suited for a managerial role.

“He had an unbelievable race in Jeddah and Australia,” de la Rosa said. “I mean, why wouldn’t he want to continue?

Alonso defended his teammate on Thursday, praising Stroll for being more “sensitive” to car handling and small issues than himself.

“I think it’s very important for the team,” said the 42-year-old Alonso. “I think the analysis that Lance is able to arrive at and feed back to the team is very important for us and to improve the car.”

“I think we benefit from each other in many ways, which is good for now,” Alonso added.

But, critically, even Stroll himself was unwilling to commit to being on the grid beyond this season.

“Time will tell,” Stroll said. “Right now I’m just thinking about China and seeing what the future holds.”

However, an incident occurred at the Chinese Grand Prix that caused Stroll’s stock to plummet even further. Stroll rear-ended Daniel Ricciardo during the safety car, forcing him to retire.

Daniel Ricciardo, struggling to hang on to his F1 career, struggled to contain his anger as he told reporters about being hit by Stroll’s Aston Martin behind the safety car in Shanghai. could not.

“Once I started to calm down, Lance told me what he was thinking,” Ricciardo said.

“I felt like my blood was boiling because apparently I was an idiot and it was my fault.”

“That’s why I’m trying not to say what I want to say, but he’s a piece of shit. He still speaks in a kind way, though.”

The 25-year-old Stroll, the son of billionaire team owner Lawrence Stroll, has yet to confirm his participation in 2025, despite Fernando Alonso’s tenure being extended for at least two more years.

Danish racing driver Jason Watt declared: “He should be fired immediately”, adding that Alonso was “driving with the worst driver in my eyes”.

Another racing driver, Toni Wilander, described Stroll’s “attitude” towards Ricciardo’s scenario as “infuriating”.

“He is indifferent to the whole situation,” the Finnish driver told Viaplay. “There’s nothing to argue about. It’s completely Stroll’s fault. I don’t think he was awake. He completely misjudged the situation.”

“If you can say, like Kimi[Raikkonen]did, ‘I crashed, I’m sorry, it’s my fault,’ it will be much easier to get out of the situation.”

Aston Martin team principal Mike Clack, as expected, sided with the drivers and blamed the stewards for the penalty handed out to Stroll.

“The stewards have been tough on Lance and Fernando lately,” Clack told Sky Deutschland. “It was the same in Melbourne, it was the same in Reims, but today we made a very quick decision without really understanding it.”

“I think it was a very difficult decision to make very quickly. That’s the way it is.”

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