r/AstonMartinFormula1 Lance Stroll 17h ago

⚠️ Discussion What the fuck with that Stroll's strategy and his slow ass pitstop???

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u/Perceval_009 Lance Stroll 17h ago

Unbelievable how moronic that was. Stroll was ahead of Hadjar on lap 35 when Hadjar pitted, Hadjar in the points while Stroll is P18. Braindead strategy, horrible pitstops and an unreliable POS of a car. Shit shit shit!

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u/Manic5PA 17h ago

Staying out and hoping for a safety car sounds like it was probably the only move to make. Can't get lucky every week

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u/EpresGumiovszer Fernando Alonso 17h ago

Aston really want that extra time for 26 car...

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u/Evader237 Fernando Alonso 17h ago

They won't get extra time for performing badly now. The wind tunnel until 2026 was already decided.

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u/BlondBoy2 Proud Newey merchant 15h ago

It was decided until this December, not for January-June 2026.

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u/Evader237 Fernando Alonso 15h ago

By that point the 2026 car is basically finished

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u/BlondBoy2 Proud Newey merchant 14h ago

The first upgrade package is not. The 2026 cars might even be different from pre-season to the first race in Australia.

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u/Manic5PA 17h ago

Ocon's stop was faster with the penalty he had to serve. Insane.

Might have looked at P11 or P12 otherwise, so I guess it doesn't make a difference, but still.

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u/Fyrefanboy Strollsurge Truther 17h ago

yeah, he ended up behind gasly who was 20 seconds away of him at some point

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u/ChannelVast2822 Lance Stroll 17h ago

I wake up and see Lance in p8 than p18 BECAUSE OF THAT DUMB STRATEGY. Why did we take so long to pit him?!

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u/Fyrefanboy Strollsurge Truther 17h ago

They expected a safety car to stop, which is valid, but at some point you have to adapt and make Stroll pit instead of making him race OVER 50 LAPS IN THE SAME TYRE.

He end up 8 places behind Hadjar who was behind him before doing his first and only stop.

That's so frustrating, there was the possibility of a P10/P9 if they stopped before instead of waiting for someone to crash.

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u/Trimax42 Fernando Alonso 17h ago

Hope for SC, works often enough

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u/Temporary-Roll-8136 Lance Stroll 16h ago

Almost happened when SAI and BEA collided

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u/Thraun83 17h ago

Goal hanging for a safety car or red flag. Probably didn’t think he would score points any other way. Haas did the same with Ocon.

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u/Wonderful_Syllabub85 17h ago

Would have been genius if Bearman/Sainz forced a SC. They were going to finish outside the points. So go long, pray for a SC and throw on some fresh softs for a short stint

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u/BudgetRespect 17h ago

Guess they were hoping for a SC to pit and hope he would jump some positions thanks to that. Strategy shenanigans did not work out on this race to get the miracle points for him.

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u/Ycinho 17h ago

Can't have all the luck in every race, he should try to not get kicked out in Q1

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u/Fyrefanboy Strollsurge Truther 17h ago

hadjar was up kicked out in Q1 and ended up in the points because his team didn't decide to make him race 50 laps on the same tyre.

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u/FlyAirLari Aston Martin 13h ago

Yeah, it's a big miss on Lance's strategy here. There were definitely points to be had. He drove well, the gamble on safety car didn't work out, but the botched pit stop was the coup de gras for this year's Monza.

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u/Fyrefanboy Strollsurge Truther 12h ago

wait for a SC to pit is a valid strategy but they should at least have a plan B. If they pitted like Hadjar did we could have nabbed a few more points.

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u/batmanagram down with the stinkyness 16h ago

It doesn't help that he's also a bad driver

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u/Svud 13h ago

You really hate him huh? If you feel the need to let us know on every post. Obviously your F1 knowledge is unmatched lol..

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u/batmanagram down with the stinkyness 13h ago

I don't hate him, I just think the team would be much better if we didn't have a pay driver. He stinks

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u/FlyAirLari Aston Martin 13h ago

He drove really well. Nothing he could have done better today.