Aston Martin must consider Stroll exit unless pace improves – Rosberg (www.motorsportweek.com)

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2016 Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg asserts that Aston Martin will have to consider dropping Lance Stroll if he fails to reduce the deficit to his team-mate.

Stroll recovered from missing the entirety of pre-season testing with two broken wrists to come home sixth in Bahrain before following that up with fourth place in Australia.

However, the Canadian’s form has slumped since and he has been unable to match new team-mate Fernando Alonso, who has notched seven podiums to Stroll’s zero.

The margin between the two Aston Martin drivers currently stands out at 123 points, with only the Red Bull pairing separated by more with eight rounds remaining this year.

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[-] jsdz@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

2009: Alonso 26, Grosjean/Piquet Jr 0
2010: Alonso 252, Massa 144
2011: Alonso 211, Massa 118
2012: Alonso 278, Massa 122
2013: Alonso 242, Massa 112
2014: Alonso 161, Räikkönen 55
2015: Alonso 11, Button 16 * Alonso joined team after season start
2016: Alonso 54, Button 21
2017: Alonso 17, Button 0
2018: Alonso 50, Vandoorne 12

How will Alonso ever stay motivated without a teammate as fast as himself? Lance is so slow he could barely keep up with Sebastian Vettel.

[-] Sentau@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

Lance is so slow he could barely keep up with Sebastian Vettel.

The hell is that supposed to mean. Vettel is not some random driver they pulled off the street. He is one of the best drivers of all time, same as Alonso.

[-] jsdz@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It means that Stroll came much closer to matching the performance of Vettel than his detractors would like to admit, and Alonso has more talent than the entire field right now excepting possibly Verstappen,

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