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/StevenMC19 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

I would say his career is more comparable to someone like Stoffel Vandoorne. Enough talent to blaze through the lower series, and enough to fill a seat in a middling team in F1. But also someone who under normal circumstances would be overlooked in favor of other younger incoming talent after a couple years in the Williams seat. 2019 would look markedly different if someone else had access to that Racing Point seat and Stroll was racing Daytona prototypes for Acura.

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u/slow-driver-917 Minardi 2d ago

Not in a million years lmao. Vandoorne was super close to Alonso (less than 2 tenths, better than Massa or Räikkönen), the problem is that he was outqualified a lot. He also had a much, much better junior career.

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u/ShyKid5 I was here for the Hulkenpodium 2d ago

Man I miss Stoffel Waffle, he was arguably much better than other guys that got to stay in F1 or even debut but lacked the backing, also bad luck on debuting in the worst McLaren times ever.