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If I were Carlos I would just call a meeting with aramco, Hond, and Aston and just say that they have a consistently underperforming driver and I can offer a solution. Put me alongside Alonso and you will get consistent results
Then Aston Martin/Racing Point/Force India wouldn't exist anymore. We all want Stroll to go but Lawrence is clearly investing in this team so his son can win races. Also if Aston does become a title contender then I really don't care about them winning constructors titles as long as Alonso wins a 3rd title lol
Yea, if you got the money to buy a team and put your kid in a seat…all the power to you. And I don’t think it wasn’t as though Lance shouldn’t have had a shot. But like said he’s had his chance and he’s not cutting it and the respectable move for stakeholders in the team and the team itself is to put someone competent in that seat. Being a Yuki fan I hope he gets it when Honda moves over.
The fact that Sargeant has to go through all that mental anguish at williams with his career at stake while stroll is locked in till the end of time is crazy
@@akorthouwer Sargent is clearly being treated as a second driver and not even being given the chance to shine, when's the last time you've seen someone's car be given to the other driver after THEY CRASHED THEIR OWN, not only that but albon crashed by himself
@@illyasdumbshiddump1529 hmm yeah I think other teams would do the same thing if they got in the same situation. Williams is just not on the same operational level as the other teams not having a spare chasis is something other teams just dont have. If sergeant is faster during any weekend. I dont think they would give him the inferior treatment. I think the notion of being treated as a second driver is a bit of a ridiculous excuse some casual fans have about f1. The teams will just give the faster driver the preferred treatment
Similar to Jordan's downfall in 2000 after their best season in 1999 when they finished 3rd in the constructors championship. We all know who's holding Aston Martin back.
Who was holding Jordan back in 2000? If anything Damon was holding Jordan back in 1999, a year when it seemed like both Ferrari and McLaren were trying to lose to the other.
"Aston Martin has 1 driver and Lance Stroll." 😂 That is the best description of the situation! I don't believe Papa Stroll gave up enough of a controlling share to be forced to oust Lance.
More and more people seem to be begging for a spanish duo at aston, and I'm definitely one of them. To have two amazing, driven drivers with honda powertrains to back them up would be really awesome to see.
It would be painful for Alonso, but I kind of hope they do lose to VCARB. Or Alonso gets some nice points positions while Stroll makes sure that they lose the constructors to VCARB. Hopefully this might be the final straw needed to get rid of Stroll. I also can't help but wonder if they put a gun to Alonso's head to make him sign the way he did.
Lance is the typical spoiled rich kid. Daddy gives him what he wants and he's too lazy to really take his job seriously. Honda would be wise to insist there be a driver change and, if it were me, I'd go for Yuki. Fernando and Aston Martin deserve it. Always entertaining and insightful @LawVS...Peace out
Still not believing that Danny Ric is “back”. He had one good show in Mexico and everyone was freaking out. I need to see him do what he did in Miami like 6-7 more times this year.
Their Imola upgrade is CRITICAL. If they mess up like last season, VCARB could very well beat them for P5. Dan Fallows isn't so great after all, second to Newey they said?! Let's see.
Correlation is becoming very important in this development cycle. If Aston fumble it again, it could happen. Racing Bulls and RBR are working more closely and now both Ricciardo and Tsunoda are starting to focus on their team rather than the top seat.
As a last resort, im hoping for Aston Martin for 6th place only so that theres a solid reason to kick lance from that seat. The fact the situation is like this still is mind blowing.
I agree that no team should be owned by the same company. But everyone pretty much begged RB to buy Minardi or whatever it was called. Now forcing them to sell is morally incorrect. But yeah, I don't like a company owning 2 teams. They could own an F2 or F3 team but not another F1 team
At least they’re open about it. There’s no way that Mercedes didn’t pull some strings at Williams when giving them a deal on the power units. Same with Ferrari and Sauber.
@@abel6846 Mercedes is pulling strings at Williams - they share the reserve driver pool and when Toto wants one of his drivers to do F1, he denies another driver Williams. In some ways, Williams and Sauber are pretri-dishes for Mercedes and Ferarri. While RB and VCARB switch drivers when they can, it appears to be more about reinforcing both teams. Albon had to leave, went to GT3 and then he returned to race with Williams. I can't exactly find the words, but the VCARB and RB cooperation seems more racing focussed than corporate. They want to win. Mercedes wants to win to sell more cars and give money to shareholders.
Exactly. If they aren't breaking any rules then I don't see a problem. I'm not against banning it going forward but you can't complain now if there's no rule that says they can't.
@@BruceKarrde This is nonsense. It's a partnership. Williams has all the autonomy they want and Mercedes can't tell them anything, but if Mercedes wants to have their driver, they can offer Williams some freebies to get them in. If Williams are happy with the deal, they will sign the driver on, if not they won't and that's the end of it. Right now they don't have any Mercedes driver in, you think Mercedes wouldn't like Mick or Fred in that seat? You're delusional if you don't, the reason Logan and Alex are there is because that's what Williams wants. The reserve driver pool is always shared because that's the cheapest way of doing it and they always have a choice of reserve, if they want their junior to be reserve over a Mercedes driver, that's what they will get. Haas has a much closer supply deal with Ferrari but still, Ferrari don't have any say with the drivers, right now, Ferrari could get some day in the future but that's up to whatever deal is signed between the teams in the future. VCARB is literally a junior pool team for RBR, you can try and spin it however you like calling them a "sister" team, utter nonsense. Yes, VCARB has some freedom as is required by the rules but since they're owned by the same umbrella, Red Bull can swing their weight around if they want to, and for this year they did, because AT was underperforming last season RBR forces RB to take the full supply share and to go with the RBR development base from last season. That's less independence than the other customer teams have, they don't even get a say in the driver's lol, that's up to the senior team and the engine supplier.. so yeah, I am not sure what tree you're trying to bark up here.
If Yuki can score close to Fernando, Danny still has to be at Lance, and I don't see that happening. Swap Danny for Lawson and I could see it happening.
The comparison to RB is very interesting considering Yuki Tsunoda is backed by Honda. And considering Aston is set to become the main Honda powered team in 2026, as well as Tsunoda's fantastic performances in the RB (as well as the fact he is currently above Stroll in the standings despite being in a slower car). Its not unthinkable to imagine Honda pushing for a Alonso-Tsunoda pairing at Aston for as soon as next year, or for 2026 at least. Tsunoda has his critics, but most people do regard him as a better driver than Lance. And most people do think he's maybe ready for a big team.
I’m not saying you’re wrong… because I think you might be right about Racing Bulls improving… but I don’t have much faith that Daniel Riccardo is much of a driver at the moment. Sure, he did an amazing job in the Sprint race… but as per usual when it comes to post Renault Riccardo, he had a flash in the pan great moment… then fell off again. He was right in the back of the pack in Miami’s main race… right where he usually is these days. The question here is… can Daniel become consistent enough to drive well regularly… or are we expecting a few flash in the pan moments to give RB SO MUCH MORE POINTS. Lance Stroll is consistently bad… so no one expects much from him… but Daniel legitimately frustrates me because he’s not consistently good or bad… but he’s more often far away from Tsunoda than not.
If Enzo Farrari or Frank Williams had had a son who tried being an F1 driver and they weren't good enough, do you think their dad would've let them stay in the car and cause the team to fail? Lawrence Stroll is not a racer, he's an over-indulgent dad.
@SolidusSnapes that just not true he was literally with Vettel the reason the car existed to that extent if anything Alonso feedback would have been good enough. Something that sould be pretty obvious because he was never involved in a top tier car when it came to areo.
alonso is rubbish with driver development and car input. Why do you think Renault went slower after 2006? And Ferrari going dowhill after 2010? Car became slower with driver input Vettel made the difference and made the AM faster
The Constructors has sort of returned to a 2010-2012 era kind of order. -Redbull, Ferrari and McLaren are back as the clear top three. -Mercedes is back to being P4-P5 in the WCC again. -Alpine/Renault are clearly out of position, instead replaced by Aston Martin/Force India taking their P4-P5 Position, instead of their usual P6-P7. -This is because Sauber is out of Position as well. -RB/Toro Rosso are still about where they used to be in the mid-table. -Williams is still floating around the back. -Instead of Caterham, Manor and HRT we just have HAAS, and they are sitting about where Force India used to be.
That’s why I didn’t care when he was sacked. Same for Daniel, don’t care that he’s struggling. Had he showed a bit of humility before getting in the car he wouldn’t look like that now imho
That's why I prefer Liam as Yuki's teammate. They seem to get along way better than with Daniel or what little was seen with Nyck. Nobody will ever replace that brotherhood with Pierre, tho 😢 He was always supportive of Yuki and had a brotherly way of giving him advice and constructive criticism. Glad to see their bromance is still going strong 🩷
4:40 - I think what this shows more than anything is that some teams are optimising for the Sprints rather than the GP itself. That or they somehow don't make as much progress with setup between the Sprint and Parc Ferme. Yes Danny did good but the GPs are the main event and Tsunoda is still showing him up where it counts. Will be interesting to see how the next few races pan out for the RB Drivers.
It will take a lot of wrong for Racing Bulls to beat Aston even with Lance. As much I want Ricciardo to succeed I just don’t believe he can be consistent. I think Miami was a one off where Aston was far off the pace. Alonso can still carry Aston. They showed a lot of promise in qualifying and just need to solve the tire wear problem.
That's perfectly valid. If Aston can progress and their upgrades correlate with their data then it'll be tricky for VCARB to catch up. However, gaining 10 points over a team in one race has at least gotten people talking about it when just a few weeks ago it seemed incredibly unlikely.
I'm Canadian and make no mistake, Stroll has to go. Give his seat to someone that actually wants to be in it. Stroll gives off "I don't want to be here" vibes constantly.
I believe there’s an interview after the quali that Ricciardo and Permane/Mekies mentioned that they didn’t change any set up on Daniel’s car. Daniel instead said that the issue were the “dud” pirelli tyres. So yeah, it was the tyres that also kinda plagued some drivers over the weekend.
As someone from Faenza it's pretty sad to see people with Toro Rosso and Alpha Tauri jackets as well as cars that still have the Minardi logo on the back
I wouldn't comment on the situation at vcrb were there not a viable replacement in waiting. At this point of his career, RicciardSlow is just a marketing vehicle, which he is good at. However, his recent point haul only enforces doubts about his performance since he joined vcrb after being fired from McLaren for incompetence. 6 races, 1 appearance in (S)Q3 and 1 point-scoring performance in a sprint race where nobody is pushing their car. He has been underperforming the car all year INCLUDING Miami where he was knocked out in Q1 and was a no-show during the race (... with new chassis!).
@@LawVS Agreed... however, the setup challenges at Merc appear to be greater than at VCARB and... bottom line... it's another blown race for Daniel despite a good sprint performance. Executive managers don't like inconsistency. Wouldn't you want to know what Liam can do with this car?
there's literally an article from his team principal today saying he's improving per race after they listened to his feedback and made changes for his comfort. bahrain and Saudi were bad, but australia he went from p18 to p12. in japan he was only half a tenth from q3, in china again only a tenth off, but closer to points in the race. After upgrades and chassis change, he was able to get a comfortable p4 and hold it the whole race. And about miami team principal confirmed it was a bad set of tyres that were outside its window, which made him lose all grip - mind you he still managed to have green sector 1 and 2 despite all that, and only yellow in sector 3 when he was totally slipping on those tyres. he couldn't do any better in the race because the vcarb is horrible under dirty air like yuki was in the sprint race and daniel in the actual race. bar the first two races, the lap time deletion in australia and lap one incident in japan, he wasn't bad at all.
I feel like Aston Martin's WEC project should be where Lance is sent to. The Valkyrie project is next year, and allows an "honourable" discharge for Lance, whilst still saying to Lawrence "We've used that money for your son". Lance might also prefer the quieter calendar
Racing Bulls have their own Lance Stroll. His name is Daniel Ricciardo. If they realy want to keep their connection to the midfield, they need a real racer. And they have one! His name is Liam Lawson. The guy with the grin messed up again, but as long as the Horndog is in love with the guy, all is forgiven and forgotten. I think Lawson and Tsunoda will walk away from this bunch in the end...
With RB starting to find it's pace and Danny starting to find form, Aston Martin could be in serious trouble during the season. It also seems like RB tends to be stronger on sprint weekends, where there's also more points up for grabs
@@LawVS No surprise it's green , you make Stroll / AMF1 videos weekly like all the other Stroll trolls who have Lance living rent-free in their head , seriously doubt you know much about Lawrence Strolls history in F1 going back over 30yrs , just repeating rumors for views
What will be Aston Martins answer if they lose out to a team, where neither driver scores more points than Alonso? I can't understand why share holders aren't demanding a driver change.
The McLaren experience, the perceived issue with needing a new chassis, comments from Mekies about changes to make DR more comfortable and now the tyres were the issue. The sense I get from all this is that Ricciardo has significant limitations despite his obvious ability. He struggles to adapt to a car that doesn’t fit what seems to be a narrow window of characteristics. I am sure all drivers want a car that suits them, DR seems to be particularly limited and will hold him back in his career. You have to ask yourself if the previous was such a dog? I suspect there was a placebo effect in getting a new chassis rather than anything fundamentally different.
I’m sorry but right now I’m not seeing DR3 as better than stroll because of a fluke performance in a sprint. With the 2 sets of parque ferme the sprint and sprint quali are basically competitive practice sessions, it really feels like the top teams figured that out and aren’t going full bore on these sessions. But mainly DR3 has had 3 good shows since 2021. If he can keep putting it together then yea I’d say look out Aston. But as of now based on the last 3 yrs I have higher faith in stroll putting together more good shows than DR3
Thank you so much for the positive comments for daniel law! I feel like everyone is still trying to find a way to hate on him even when he does an ameazing job
I would actually like to see Sainz or tsunami go to aston , you can clearly see their upward trajectory , I don't know if they'll be championship contenders in the next couple years , but I think they will be . As for Ricciardo , honestly I think he still isn't recovered from his soul crushing time at mclaren , he is getting better , but I don't think he'll be at full swing before the summer break at least , whether he'll do enough to stay in f1 (as a fan , especially of his hard and fair racing) one can only hope (I mean , realistically the only reason he may not is Lawson ... but there are good reasons to replace each of the three non verstappen drivers in the red bull camp , it will be interesting to see how perez goes if ferrari and mclaren have equally fast cars ... would constantly 5th be enough to secure his seat)
I looked at it the other day, between 2023 and 2024, the bottom 5 had 34 points and 27 points respectively. However, the 27 points aren't as evenly distributed as the 34 from 2023. With VCARB having 19 points, we have 3 teams with 0. The points distribution has been very interesting to see. Even the top 5 is more extreme. While Red Bull has 10 points less than last year, the other 2 of the top 3 have gained more.
I think they all need to watch out for Haas. If they can gain just a little more performance, they might just become a real pain in the butt to these teams. Who would have thought Hulkenburg would be such a force this year?
Possibly a hot take: I actually like Ferrari's HP livery. The red + cyan colour combination is weird, but it makes it stand out. I hate HP as a brand though. Their build quality sucks.
Honestly, even going back to his Williams days it felt like Lance was going to be at a place where his dad’s money spoke loudly enough to at least make it potential for him to have a seat. Lance is inherently in a position where he has to put up strong results or live under the constant shadow of belief that he’s only in the sport because his dad can afford to put his son in a drive, which has the last few years made it seem that he prefers the shade. That’s not saying that he’s a bad driver, no I think he’s perfectly decent enough as a driver, but the lack of improvement and the fact that aside from the one year he was against Sergei Sirotkin he’s lost to his teammate every year (and aside from his rookie season by a fairly strong margin) it becomes hard to justify him being in the sport.
I'm quietly hoping that Aston Martin do get beaten by VCARB this season actually, because maybe that'll finally force Lawrence Stroll's hand and get someone else in that seat alongside Alonso. Surely he can't keep this act up forever? There has to be a ceiling to hit at some point.
you just an Idea that if stroll crashes on Ricc again, and Kmag crashes on Yuki, with Vcarb drivers out Aston remains in P5 with the power of Nando, and Hulk scores points.
Yes something has gone terribly wrong at Aston, a very Canadian Nepotism 'wrong'... Alonso has been very consistent in scoring points for the Aston and been putting in the performances for a year and a half now. He's been performing, and based on his times the Aston seems very good. Even for an 'off weekend' like Miami, he still scored points, and still did better than Lance. The problem is Lance, everyone knows the problem is Lance, except his team owning father Lawrence apparently. How much longer this farce can go on is unclear, but it is a farce (Alonso has 3.67x the amount of points Lance does already, and it doesn't look like its going to get any better for Stroll anytime soon).
Stroll is out next year anyways to run LMH. There's a reason Lawrence has greenlit the Valkyrie again, the board forced him to get rid of his son by the end of 2024.
You're talking as if nyck devries had any actual input in the performance of the car. I'm sure he gave feedback but driver input is soooo over rated. Remember when everyone was talking about how valuable Lewis' input was at Mercedes? Yeah, why isn't he giving the same incredible feedback that got 8 championships now? Why is George scoring more? Because the drivers just go out and drive the car they are given. If it suits their style, they do good, if not they struggle (comparatively to the baseline performance of the car)
People seem to prefer over the top reactions and less in-depth knowledge. Like one much bigger channel in particular that caterers to new and far less knowledgeable fans.
Racing bulls is doing well because Horner wants a back up plan if he loses Red Bull and is pushed to the junior team as a matter of political expediency
It's not as simple as dropping Stroll into hypercar and expect him to do well effortlessly just because he is a F1 driver. FIA WEC is very competitive at the moment and there are lots of good drivers. The racing is very close and require good reading and navigating the traffic, there's a lot more cars on track at different speed compared to F1. It's more of a team sport so he have to work well with his teammates. It could be a good experience for him to grow, but doesn't mean it is easier just because it's not F1.
Aston Martin's biggest mistake is still having stroll in their car, they could have the RB19 and would still have a problem. I'm genuinely asking myself if Papa Stroll is not aware of how bad his son actually is, like he is going to lose money if Stroll continues in Aston Martin.
Is it possible that when Lawrence sells more shares and loses more control that everybody else can just get rid of Lance? Then Lance over to the endurance project send him somewhere else to race but I can’t imagine it makes Lance feel good to be the laughingstock and to know what people say about him. I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually Lance is like yeah I’m done with this. I’m gonna go do the endurance, racing side of things I would have no problem seeing Lance celebrating the team to win a championship with his dad and him being able to. Yeah I was there when this team started I don’t think he has enough to be a world champion. Pairing of Yuki and Fernando would be very interesting. Should when the Honda motor joins the team be something that happens. I think will be a good team and a good second for Fernando because we know both are capable of points I don’t think Yuki would be a threat to Fernando, but I think he would actually learn a lot from him and be able to really develop as a driver with him as a teammate
