Congratulations to Lance Stroll for Completing his 1st Full Race This Year

[u/Affectionate_You_225]

First race for Lance this year where he not DNF'd or being lapped. Amazing job from him

Great weekend in general for Aston Martin. Alonso got points for the team and they had a pretty strong weekend

[u/leedler]

This is the real shock result. Fair enough, I would say happy for him but I don’t think I’ve seen Lance be happy for years.

[u/ShadowOfDeath94 → u/leedler]

Still pretty sure his soul died after losing from pole in Istanbul

[u/BoasyTM → u/ShadowOfDeath94]

That was so tragic. He had a big lead after the start as well but I think he went over a kerb and got unlucky damage

[u/PaisleyTelecaster → u/BoasyTM]

Somehow I misread that as "he went over a kebab". That would have been unlucky damage!

[u/Other-Arrival870 → u/ShadowOfDeath94]

You mean after not hearing his race engineer saying what he wanted to hear. That was so heartbreaking to hear the lack of joy in the voice of the engineer

[u/AshleyPomeroy → u/ShadowOfDeath94]

Are you saying that Stroll's whole soul went cold from losing pole? Pole was his goal, but he couldn't get it in the hole. Now his heart is a lump of coal.

His favourite animal? The rhinoceros.

[u/mosleyowl → u/AshleyPomeroy]

Thanks Princess Caroline!

[u/Mike_Kermin → u/AshleyPomeroy]

I was so damn sure I was gonna read foal or something haha.

Obviously it's the rhinoceros, duh.

[u/Hot_Eye_9917 → u/ShadowOfDeath94]

Still wonder what would've happened had he not had car damage.

[u/deadcowww → u/leedler]

Stroll x Rain. Expect a master drive

[u/madmike99 → u/deadcowww]

Like a cat chasing a mouse with two legs

[u/GoSh4rks → u/madmike99]

Are you saying it is easier to drive in the wet?

[u/silencefog → u/GoSh4rks]

You have to be a genius, like Stroll.

Actually, rain disables a lot of the car's features and makes them more equal. I'm convinced Stroll would be at the top of the field in equal machinery.

[u/ascagnel____ → u/silencefog]

A decade ago, yeah -- he was up there and showed the occasional flash of brilliance. Nowadays, I don't think his heart is in it.

[u/ladduboy → u/leedler]

When he got points in Abu Dhabi last year he was happy

[u/ta1chy → u/leedler]

That's the point isn't it? He isn't happy for himself, so you gotta be happy for him.

[u/LongRoadNorth → u/leedler]

I can't believe he's even still racing.

[u/Aki2403 → u/leedler]

I think the only time I've seen him happy was when he was driving a rally car.

[u/GordonGekko437 → u/leedler]

Norris almost ruin it

[u/doctorpeleatwork → u/leedler]

2 full safety cars pulled the field together. Everyone on slicks at the start got to rejoin the field. They did have to manage track position but once it was dry, race pace took over. Experience on the track helped to make moves.

[u/pabo256]

Bro saw one drop of rain and locked in

[u/NotYujiroTakahashi → u/pabo256]

As was foretold

[u/Busy-Investigator347 → u/pabo256]

He would be on the podium if they had the balls to continue the race in the rain

[u/evemeatay → u/Busy-Investigator347]

https://media1.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTZjMDliOTUyZmZ5djNhczYxcWsxY3hjNzR3cTRsZmZ2emkxZ2Jxb2t5bnYwbjg5ayZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/2ViZJi3RLXAZ22PG08/giphy.gif

The race director when they see wierd wet stuff coming from the sky

[u/TheTomatoes2 → u/evemeatay]

"must be pee, and only I am allowed to pee on our drivers"

[u/GuadDidUs → u/evemeatay]

My daughter sent me this one: https://youtube.com/shorts/hQ90dOgU1IA?si=DtoR31HX9KCfgyEc

[u/Broad_Perception5495 → u/pabo256]

when rain drops, Stroll gets possessed by Senna

[u/thisFishSmellsAboutD → u/Broad_Perception5495]

The same thing went through my head, too.

[u/DogWithaFAL → u/Broad_Perception5495]

Senna told the team he could stay out and then put it into the barrier within 3 seconds or went off on a formation lap and drove into a sand pit willingly?

[u/idolikepotatos- → u/Broad_Perception5495]

this got me laughing out loud thank you

[u/Rhythm_Morgan → u/pabo256]

We love to see it lol

[u/burgerflipper_uy → u/pabo256]

Can you stay out?

[u/t24x-94 → u/pabo256]

Haha

[u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

I know it’s all a big meme but Stroll is genuinely WAY better in the wet for some reason. It’s like he unlocks a new level as soon as the rain starts.

[u/SomniumOv → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

Silly theory : He has a terrible feel for grip, and adapted to driving like that.
When it rains, everyone else loses that advantage they have over him.

[u/PascalG16 → u/SomniumOv]

Exactly. His strong point is reflexes, and has a poor feel for grip. Relatively to other drivers.

[u/Hot_Most5332 → u/PascalG16]

Honestly at this point his main issue seems to be his mental. As so many have noticed, he looks like he hates everything

[u/saposapot26 → u/Hot_Most5332]

I mean, in that car who wouldn't?

[u/CoffeeOrTeaOrMilk → u/Hot_Most5332]

Have generational wealth to inherit but forced to do something mentally taxing for a decade…

[u/CL-MotoTech → u/PascalG16]

It’s the other way around. The rain is generally much harder and harder to feel grip. Good drivers usually outshine their hardware in poor conditions.

Source: was race car driver

[u/primaryrhyme → u/PascalG16]

Also poor feel for fast driving, tire management and racecraft. Other than that he’s a solid driver

[u/tlst9999 → u/SomniumOv]

Stroll: You merely adopted "no grip" driving. I was born in it, molded by it.

[u/91Caleb → u/tlst9999]

The Canadian winter way

[u/TwoBionicknees → u/SomniumOv]

it's easier than that. you see him yanking his steering wheel all over through most corners, he has no feel for grip as you say. HIs constant steering wheel acting and sliding causes tire temp, he overheats and overwears his tires and has since day one. In wet qualifying this means incredible tire warm up when it's one of those sessions where getting the right lap in at the right time, pitting for new inters and then putting in a hotlap Stroll's excessive tire warm up is suddenly a boon. In wet races he shot off into the distance in turkey, for 5 laps, then his pace was gone. IIRC it was something like an 8 second lead over perez in 5-6 laps, then a few laps later he's pitting from a second ahead of perez before he's passed.

His dire tire wear and poor control works solely when super quick warm up for wet qualifying is great.

[u/proudlysydney → u/TwoBionicknees]

“Dire tyre wear” would be incorrect, looking back at Pirelli’s tyre graphics from the last couple seasons Stroll consistently pops up doing the longest stints on compounds during races. It’s not something a lot of people give him credit for but he can pull some good tyre management.

The other thing is also wrong- Fernando described Lance as being more sensitive to grip changes than he is (and therefore giving different feedback). He’s constantly adjusting his lines etc for the grip levels he feels, meaning that he finds it a lot more difficult to replicate a strong lap in quali- what worked for him the last lap feels different the next. In the dry it means he can struggle in quali finding perfection; other drivers find their ideal line and work to replicate it as much as possible, he can’t do that as much. Where that works is in the wet, where all drivers are doing that adjustment every lap, so it suits the way he normally drives.

[u/Doorknob11 → u/SomniumOv]

I think it’s more that he drives mainly on feel specifically. Which in the dry is will only get you so far.

[u/slicerprime → u/SomniumOv]

So, when everybody else underperforms in the rain, he overperforms...relatively speaking. F1 Quantum Entanglement!

Stroll's new nickname is "Spooky Action at a Distance" 🤣

[u/sysasysa → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

Unless he is in position to score points in Sochi.

Or do we collectively not talk about that?

[u/czerwona_latarnia → u/sysasysa]

I guess the correct way would be saying that Stroll is way better on Intermediate/Wet tyre.

Unless his Brazil (pre-)race performance was on those too.

[u/sysasysa → u/czerwona_latarnia]

Brazil 2024 he was on inters. So basically he is either really good, or really bad. No inbetween.

[u/Blithering_idiot1406 → u/sysasysa]

let us consider Brazil 2024 as an outlier. Even Max and Lewis have had those over the years..

[u/trivinium → u/Blithering_idiot1406]

You slip due to wet conditions, with cold tires, happens. But the way he put himself into the gravel to beach himself... that is the facepalm moment for me.

[u/TwoBionicknees → u/sysasysa]

stroll is good for tire warm up, he's done his best wet performances in qualifying and only qualifying. AM plainly made a huge step, they already got into Q2 in the dry, people are acting like AM had some massive step due to the rain, which maybe helped but Alonso was just as bad off as Ham in the rain till the safety car reset.

In actual wet races he's mostly bad, this one barely counts. Soft runners were slow today, but outside of a caddy, none actually had issues staying on track after a lap, they were just hella slow. Then the race turned into a dry race and that's where AM did pretty well.

[u/patricles22 → u/sysasysa]

“Lance are you good to stay out?”

“YES!”

Immediately spins out

[u/aenae → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

But it goes both ways. He also spun out in formation laps when it was wet

[u/MobileAtmosphere775 → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

Without any irony at all, basically all of his weird quirks in F1 would suit him amicably if he were to drive in WEC.

[u/shewy92 → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

Him and Goatifi, must be the Canadian winters

[u/MuchSalt → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

still remember that 1 wet race in pink mercedes

[u/thatsidewaysdud → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

I remember Turkey 2020 when he locked the fuck. I genuinely thought he was going to win as well.

[u/lathspellll → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

He usually has one spectacular race a year for some reason.

[u/ramlol → u/Nepgyaaaaaaa]

Brazil 2024 moment.

[u/naffer]

The GOAT.

[u/One_Warthog_9215 → u/naffer]

Uncontested

[u/nukacolaguy → u/naffer]

The rain brings out the best in him

[u/SuspiciousLettuce56 → u/naffer]

Met him after dinner on friday night, got a picture and since then he made it into Q2 and finished a race fully. My GOAT too

[u/justsomewan → u/naffer]

watched it live in sepang and rooted for the GOAT

[u/Financial-Most5372 → u/naffer]

GOATIFI disciple, the chosen one.

[u/ItSaysNoHomers → u/naffer]

Indeed

[u/ReverendRGreen → u/naffer]

Probably the biggest victim of climate change.

[u/OkInfluence36 → u/naffer]

Genuinely Only Achieves Twice

[u/kirk7899]

The FIA were afraid to start the race in the wet or Stroll would have lapped the feild in the tracktor

[u/haim65 → u/kirk7899]

They are afraid of his power in the rain

[u/_Sylvey]

Man just loves rain

[u/chupacabra-food]

Everyone is on a different journey 😌✨

[u/Cookiecakes71 → u/chupacabra-food]

☠️😂☠️☠️☠️😂

[u/AirEfficient6225]

The Rain it was the rain that brought this out, had it been full wet race we were looking at a Stroll win. /s

[u/anmr → u/AirEfficient6225]

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH FULL WET STROLL.

[u/WhoRoger]

His overtake on Ocon was great, but of course nobody noticed.

We know how fierce Ocon is in defence. Nando passed him so quickly only because Ocon ran wide. Stroll had to do it the hard way.

[u/ominousrock → u/WhoRoger]

Aston screwing him once again with pointless pit stop to get Alonso into free air as well as SC bad luck screwing him twice. That will all go unnoticed since AM are hyping Alonso. Would've been easy double points but AM clearly doesn't care...

[u/DirectAdvertising]

That image is gorgeous I might be gay

[u/leedler → u/DirectAdvertising]

The ole Stroll awakening, happens to many

[u/Sam-The-Mule → u/leedler]

facts

[u/WePwnTheSky → u/DirectAdvertising]

What did you think the G in GOAT stood for?

[u/Cheesehurtsmytummy]

I'm not surprised it's the first race it rains, he does great on wet tracks

[u/Apricot_xjuicex]

Great news for AM. Keep it up and congrats to alonso for scoring points in his rookie season!

[u/ryokevry]

Neither Aston was lapped in this race as well. Real shocker

[u/TotallyNotRiley420]

Not even joking he was pretty good today. Was rooting for him to score points along with Alonso

[u/squaler24]

Respect to be honest. AM took a step.

[u/Snowchicken21]

Imagine being told at the beginning of the year that Aston Martin's best result of the season will be in October at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia.

[u/DarryLazakar]

Stroll being the reincarnation of Senna... ONLY if it's a wet race.

You know maybe we should reconsider Bernie's suggestions to install sprinklers to simulate rain in the tracks lmao

[u/kyoko_the_eevee]

Remember: if he can do it, you can too. Never give up.

[u/action_turtle → u/kyoko_the_eevee]

Need a billionaire dad first. Then yes, put me in!

[u/must-be_the-water → u/kyoko_the_eevee]

G dawg couldn’t ✍️

[u/mahavirMechanized → u/kyoko_the_eevee]

An inspiration truly! 😂

[u/jationio]

We are entering the Lance Stroll era.

[u/Slim_Margins1999 → u/jationio]

Stroll dominance could bore fans…

[u/Aliendood]

Only in the rain!

[u/Pure-And-Utter-Chaos]

Notorious Rain Specialist Lance Stroll

[u/CaptainAksh_G]

P12 for him is like winning a race at this point

[u/obivousundercover]

im happy for him to finally finish a race! felt bad when he was showed on screen during the delayed start and the crowd was booing him like crazy 🥲

[u/MarkoMarjamaa → u/obivousundercover]

I don't understand this dissin' He is one of the twenty drivers in the world driving a F1.
When I see in FB people dissin like this, those people are mostly couch potatos themselves.

[u/President_of_Space → u/MarkoMarjamaa]

I think both things can be true .. that Stroll is legitimately talented, and has had more success in F1 than many Drivers that are typically perceived as "better" than him; but also that at this point, the only real reason he is still in F1 is because his Dad pays for his seat. Which is a real thing throughout Carting and Motorsport.

[u/AntheaBrainhooke → u/MarkoMarjamaa]

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[u/digimintcoco]

The safety car guy is no longer Stroll… that title goes to Albon now

[u/smokemeatyumz]

I was here for stroll finishing a race

[u/LadyHokage01 → u/smokemeatyumz]

😆

[u/SeaWelderF]

12th across the line. 1 in our ❤️

[u/mcd0naldss_]

a bead of water on the track, fuck it, even if somebody pisses on the track he cooks

[u/imarasnothere]

The Rain Effect

[u/DeedsF1]

(In a Nasal Lance Stroll voice): Congratulationnnnnnns Lannnnnce.

Papa will be proud of you. Now score some points like your team mate, God damn it!

Banter aside, I almost fell out of my chair when I saw ALO P8! That is a good day at the office. Points are points!

[u/Pathederic]

The goat. Always knew he had it in him

[u/Bitgod1]

Should make a flair for "I was there when Stroll finished a race 2026"

[u/HunchoHensch]

I’ve been talking shit about AM all season, but I can’t even hate today. Good job so far

[u/BasisBoth5421]

the real goat of this race??

[u/EUIVAlexander]

man, myth, machine

[u/razareddit]

Chad has delivered

[u/Celestial_Crook]

And P12 as well, ain't that far off from the point.

[u/Bitter-Course5361]

PHUN

[u/OldBratpfanne]

Don’t show this post to George 😭

[u/Apprehensive_Net2399]

Lance finishing the race gagged me harder than Max winning it 😆 Aston martin really did well on this race

[u/play_destiny]

Were there significant upgrades? This is phenomenal result

[u/vincentanthonyconti → u/play_destiny]

I can't shake the optimism that Newey is inevitable. His book is full of comeback anecdotes. I want it to happen once more in front of our eyes.

[u/wagonwhopper]

The Legend himself

[u/Rude_Review4303]

If it wasn't for safety car he wouldve went in for points...

[u/Davidoff1983]

Good to see Walter's drug dealing didn't stop him from reaching his goals 👍

[u/rick_rickman]

Don't call it a comeback.

[u/TheEconomist1008]

I’m not saying it’s causation but Stroll finished and Lewis got a Podium…

[u/Vlaed]

He truly proved why he deserves that seat

[u/SteamMonkeyKing → u/Vlaed]

He proved that back in 2016.

[u/LazyBengal2point0]

Continue comme ça, Kevin! 

[u/discop]

Legend.

[u/ClockNo4810]

Genuinely happy with this, it's great for the sport

[u/External_Category939]

Giving everyone else a head start

[u/Americano-1555]

He also made it out of Q1 great weekend.

[u/SixtySix_VI]

It’s almost like having a huge % of the race being under safety car especially at the end allowing racers to close the gap allows most cars to finish without being lapped…

[u/legendary_low]

Thats my 🐐

[u/Cheeky_Star]

The real GOAT.

[u/chimichuroots]

Just a taste of how much he's going to crush it next year.

[u/Professional-Tea-478]

The greatest of some times.

GOOD JOB LANCE, SEE YOU NEXT WEEK.

[u/Dapaaads]

I legit thought this was a joke haha

[u/sbielawa]

This deserves a contract extension

[u/TofkaSpin]

I thought it was Lou Ferrigno

[u/Grytnik]

Good for him, he and Alonso both deserve some positivity.

[u/Niffer71]

I’d almost feel sorry for the guy if he didn’t have the personality of a wet sock.

[u/Gelu6713]

I was here for Stroll finishing a race!

[u/honeycomb0303]

FIA too chicken to let the race start on time. stroll would have swim to the podium for sure.

[u/handsomelloyd13]

Give Lance a chance.

[u/ItsAllOnUHF]

He gets a lot of shit for being a nepo baby, but it's not nothing driving an F1 car and finishing midfield.

Good for him.

[u/Tanocchio]

Totally deserves his seat /s

[u/Tiny-Femme]

Well done average race driver, it was about to happen at some point

[u/WellDoneJonnyBoy]

New flare? "I was here for first Lance finish"?

[u/VictorReal_Monster]

I genuinely dont understand any of you.

[u/Bl00dEagles]

😂😂😂

[u/Caninetrainer]

I can’t tell if that’s a compliment or snark

[u/NationsAnarchy]

Huge achievements from him and AM, maybe both drivers scoring points towards the end of this season? 👀👀

[u/aScenT_RAID3R]

Him after seeing wet combination of hydrogen and oxygen

[u/ron79852]

He is the Chris Vermeulen of F1.

[u/catchingfoxes]

He probably hated having to spend so much time not hanging out in the ac

[u/ChillStreetGamer]

He looks like a full blown MAN these days. I havent seen pictures of him in a while.

[u/OkBuddyTomfoolery]

That’s gotta be the most flattering picture of Stroll ever captured. If I were him, this would be my profile picture on every platform

[u/Serious--Vacation]

This is also the first time in a long while he got out of Q1.

[u/AngryNiceGuy75]

Cost me $5 bucks!

[u/nashgrg]

My goat.

[u/Westviewresidentuser]

That's my goat

[u/HotConstruction8493]

Goat

[u/Stratocast7]

When the safety car came out near the end and took forever for everyone to unlap themselves I got a bit excited that it meant Stroll would actually finish a full race distance for the first time this season.

[u/travis147]

That's what 12m a year gets you

[u/SirStifler]

lol pure adventure

[u/NearbyPen9078]

Dad bought shares in Aston Martin racing. Whatever talent he had before, it’s gone. He’s similar to Mazepin.

[u/SpiritualQuarter4384]

He even got to Q2. Great result from Aston Martin.

[u/Effective-Gas2646]

Good thing daddy owns the team.

[u/StuMacherGhostface]

Not a follower of the sport, Walt Jr. became a driver?

[u/Dunkaroo723]

Wait that can’t be true is it??

[u/Real_Entertainment46]

How can he be lapped when vsc takes almost a dozen of laps for lapped cars to unlap themselves lol

[u/MarshallOrange]

Stroll putting on an absolute masterclass on a rainy day in Bahrain

[u/mollusks75]

King Stroll

[u/silgt]

Great... not great 🤣

[u/LiquidOcelot41]

It is wild that he is one of the select few people on earth to be an F1 driver. I wonder how he got his seat...

[u/DragoxDrago → u/LiquidOcelot41]

Tbf i think he initially deserved his seat. He's not a complete bum, but he's mentally checked out and should have got the can awhile ago.

He's far from the most undeserving driver to ever race.

[u/primaryrhyme → u/DragoxDrago]

His dad paid $80m for his first seat.

[u/DragoxDrago → u/primaryrhyme]

Still the second youngest driver to score a podium, and did so in his rookie season. He also won F3(albeit with some huge backing that orders didn't get)

Regardless of whether his seat was paid for, that's still impressive and shows he at least had some talent.

I'm not arguing whether he paid for his seat, he obviously did, I'm just arguing with people that treat him the same as Mazepin

[u/primaryrhyme → u/DragoxDrago]

Sure, but you said he deserved his seat. If he deserved it then he would’ve gotten a drive on merit, you don’t drop $80m for shits and giggles.

He’s very good for a pay driver but he would never be in F1 without enormous financial backing.

[u/gamepleng → u/DragoxDrago]

First I want to state that he's not slow, he's inconsistent.

Second, his pre-F1 career is marked by plenty of paid tests in current or previous reg cars, and paying for extra ingenering support in F2 and F3. Teammates had to let him through and drive for him testing setups.

I'm not gonna deny there's some talent in him, driving that fast is intrinsically hard. I'm not gonna deny either that he's had all the resources to develop that talent where others had fight much harder (and arguably have more talent). Yet talent only gets you so far.

[u/EvilDog77]

A generational talent awakens.

[u/Tiny-Femme]

Well done StrollerCoaster

[u/purplefuzzyapricot]

A true GOAT would

[u/Admirable_Method9916]

stroll will get podium with a merc

[u/wombat9278]

Is this not one sign of the apocalypse

[u/SegUnit]

I’m 🇨🇦and think Stroll doesn’t think stroll doesn’t belong in F1