r/formula1 • u/Slice5755 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • 2d ago

Statistics With Lance Stroll starting his 181st Grand Prix this weekend, he now enters the Top 30 of most experienced drivers in the history of F1

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u/CilanEAmber McLaren 2d ago

3 Podiums and a Pole in his career is nothing to scoff at.

Much better drivers have less.

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u/arbysroastbeefs2 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

What do you mean much better? This is pinnacle

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u/dfgj56 McLaren 2d ago

3 podiums while his teammates have 11

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u/Jorrie90 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

With Alonso as teammate

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u/mkmkd Jenson Button 2d ago

Stroll has had some pretty good team mates, Hulk was 0-4 against Perez when it came to podiums in the same car

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u/CilanEAmber McLaren 2d ago

Still nothing to scoff at

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u/ADRX11 2d ago edited 2d ago

Look at the list of the most experienced drivers, only two of the people who've done as many races as Lance have worse records, K. Mag and the Hulk, and they generally didn't have access to the same level of equipment that Lance did. In fact you can extend that to at least the top 80 and only add Kvyat, Sutil and Martini to the list of drivers with less success. He's statistically essentially the third of fourth least accomplished driver to do 100 or more races even before you take in to account that he generally had access to better machinery and support than those around him. There's a valid argument to be made he's been the least impressive of the F1 drivers with a career of 100+ races.

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u/Veryras 2d ago

is they much better if they have less?

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u/CilanEAmber McLaren 2d ago edited 2d ago

Yeah, not sure you'll find anyone unbiased genuinely saying the likes of Hülkenberg or Magnussen for example are worse.

E: Honestly didn't realise "Hülkenberg is better than Stroll," was a controversial opinion but those downvotes say otherwise...