Aston Martin team principal admits Lance Stroll is affecting internal dynamics

Formula 1 star Lance Stroll has had a miserable 2023 season and this most recent claim will not make matters any better. The Canadian is down in 11th in the Drivers Standings with just 53 points as he has struggled to get the best out of his car this year.

As Aston Martin lost performance throughout the year, the 25-year-old only scored points in one of his last six races, which was a P7 finish at the United States Grand Prix. As a result, team principal Mike Krack admitted that the driver’s poor results are affecting the team’s internal dynamics.

“Lance got a beating from you [the press] for three or four months,” he told Sky (as quoted by motorsport-total.com.) “So, it was very good that he got a good result [in Austin] and that the situation calmed down for the time being.

“The pressure is increasing internally. It’s also difficult for the team because then every little mistake is taken into account. And I’m glad that we came back a little bit for him, but also for the team, for everyone.” Stroll is competing under a different form of pressure from the rest of the field, given that his father Lawrence Stroll is the owner of Aston Martin.

Earlier in October 2016 F1 world champion Nico Rosberg thinks Stroll is only in the sport because of his father’s position. “It’s a difficult situation,” the German told Sky Sports F1. “If he wasn’t the son of the man who owns the team, then he wouldn’t be driving at this level next year.

“But of course, it’s a different situation because the father owns the team and you shouldn’t forget that in theory, he can drive the car.” Teammate Fernando Alonso’s fortunes have been far different. The Spaniard is fifth in the standings with 183 points and has seven podiums to his name this campaign.

However, the last of his top three finishes came at the Dutch GP in August and he has been overtaken by fellow Spaniard and Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz in the drivers’ championship. Speaking about the team’s recent struggles, Alonso told DAZN over the Mexcian GP weekend: “The truth is that it has been difficult.

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“We have been a little slow all weekend, in all the sessions we have suffered, so the time trial has not been a surprise to suffer and fall behind. Yesterday, we spun in the high-speed corners.

“Today we spun again in the first sector… the car is always on the knife’s edge of losing it. So we have quite a few complications. And well, we have to suffer and we have to understand to return to our best level, which logically is not what we are showing now.”

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