On the finish of 2024, Lance Stroll was within the longest point-less run in his Formulation 1 profession. Given the standard of automobiles he’s needed to drive in some previous seasons – notably Williams’ poor 2018 automotive which left them final within the championship – that may be a startlingly poor run.
Little question final 12 months’s Aston Martin was a disappointment in comparison with the standard of automotive he loved the 12 months earlier than. However his group mate Fernando Alonso scored factors in additional than half of the final 11 races of the 12 months the place Stroll contributed nothing.
Earlier within the season, when the AMR24’s dealing with was extra benign, Stroll produced some respectable performances and even led Alonso dwelling at instances. His finest outcome, in Australia, was boosted by his group mate’s post-race penalty.
He started the 12 months with a formidable restoration from final on the primary lap to say the ultimate level. He additionally climbed to ninth in Imola and produced a strong efficiency in Austria, albeit unrewarded.
Lance Stroll
Finest
Worst
GP begin
8 (x3)
18
GP end
6
19 (x2)
Factors
24
However the majority of his season was unimpressive. At instances the hole between him and Alonso grew far too giant, corresponding to in Suzuka, the place Stroll completed a minute in arrears.
Then there have been the instances Stroll dedicated unacceptably poor errors. He had the identical crash twice in Jeddah, drove into Daniel Ricciardo throughout a Security Automotive interval in Shanghai and bafflingly drove into Lewis Hamilton throughout follow in Spain. His pre-race crash on the Brazilian Grand Prix was maybe essentially the most embarrassing retirement any driver suffered all 12 months.
He was clearly sad together with his automotive’s dealing with within the latter phases of the season, however so was Alonso, but he persevered. That may be a high quality we noticed little of from Stroll in 2024.
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