Lawrence Stroll has vowed to not “hand over” till he achieves his “mission” of creating Aston Martin Method 1 world champions.
Stroll is the proprietor of the Aston Martin F1 workforce, having led the takeover of Racing Level on the finish of 2022.
The Canadian has been bullish about Aston Martin’s ambition to grow to be a front-running drive in F1.
Aston Martin have invested closely, upgrading their Silverstone headquarters and increasing their services.
Stroll has additionally poached a number of high-profile personnel – most notably, signing Adrian Newey from Pink Bull.
They’ve additionally recruited Enrico Cardile from Ferrari, additional strengthening their technical division.
With Aston Martin becoming a member of forces with Honda from subsequent yr, expectations are excessive for the workforce.
“The entire workforce’s forming into place and we’re wanting ahead to subsequent yr, to an enormous guidelines and regulation change,” he stated on the workforce’s official YouTube channel.
“One other big step, now we have Honda being our energy unit associate, being a works workforce for the primary time in our life is an entire totally different expertise.
“Designing an engine that’s mated along with an influence unit as one reasonably than being a buyer engine and simply being delivered an engine.
“So, an incredible quantity of pleasure is going on. I’m relentless. I don’t hand over till the mission is accomplished. On this case, the mission is being world champions.”
Aston Martin’s driver query
Aston Martin will retain the identical driver line-up for the fourth consecutive season in 2026.
Fernando Alonso will stay alongside Lance Stroll.
Fernando Alonso
Alonso has out-qualified Stroll within the final 31 consecutive races – a outstanding streak.
Whereas Stroll is barely a handful of factors behind his teammate within the standings, there are nonetheless query marks surrounding his efficiency.
Because of this, it’s tough to evaluate precisely how nicely Alonso is performing, given the identification of his teammate.
Aston Martin will seemingly face a key choice over the following 12 months – whether or not to switch Stroll, or, if Alonso decides to name time on his profession, which star driver to focus on subsequent.
