Difficult comparison
In this season, as happened in the last one, Lance Stroll he is struggling a lot to keep up with the pace of his illustrious teammate, Fernando Alonso. In terms of numbers and results, the Aston Martin team is one of those in which the difference is most evident difference in performance between the two drivers. Alonso collected 33 points in the first six GPs of 2024, entering the top-10 in all Grands Prix. Conversely, the Canadian is still stuck at nine, with four races out of six finishing outside the points zone.
These performances, combined with the fact that Stroll is the son of the team owner they don’t help improve the public image of the 25-year-old from Montreal. Often they have arrived from the experts harsh criticism of him, which forced the Silverstone team to take very clear positions to defend him. The team principal of the British team, Mike Krackspoke to the German site Auto Motor und Sportexplaining how he finds the criticism directed at his driver ungenerous and reiterating how Stroll does not receive privileged treatment within the team.
In defense of Lance
“Is it forbidden to criticize Lance Stroll? No not at all. There is also criticism. But as with Fernando, we don’t express criticism in public – Krack underlined – the Lance we know within the team is different than he might appear in the public eye. He is a hard worker. He doesn’t just arrive and sit in the car, as the cliché would have it.”. Indeed, according to the Luxembourg manager, #18 is the first to put a excessive pressure on himself.
“I think he puts a lot of pressure on himself – has explained – but you have to understand it. He finds himself in a situation where he has a very strong teammate. Plus there’s this whole project that’s been built around him. The way he deals with it is exemplary. It’s definitely not easy. Do the midfield teams say they are fighting against him for the last point? In my opinion it is disrespectful. And also unfair. If you look at his development in recent years, in the duel with Sebastian (Vettel) he did well. Even against Fernando in the race he always did well. We still need to find some consistency. We have to work on this“, he concluded.
