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Billionaire F1 star Lance Stroll tipped as future world champion ahead of new season
Billionaire F1 star Lance Stroll tipped as future world champion ahead of new season,The Canadian racing driver, whose father Lawrence Stroll is part-owner of Aston Martin, has yet to win a Grand Prix with three podium positions from his 122 starts in Formula 1

Billionaire F1 star Lance Stroll tipped as future world champion ahead of new season

Billionaire F1 star Lance Stroll has been tipped to become a future world champion – ahead of the new season starting next month.

Canadian Stroll, the son of billionaire Lawrence Stroll, has been in F1 since 2017 but in that time has accumulated just three podium finishes – his last coming two years ago in Bahrain. Last season Stroll finished 15th in the driver's championship with 18 points to his name and a best finish on sixth coming in Singapore.

The billionaire's driving also came under scrutiny after admitting to not giving Sebastian Vettel enough room during a ‘life-threatening’ move at the Brazilian Grand Prix.

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Stroll also crashed with his new team-mate Fernando Alonso at the US Grand Prix. Double world champion Alonso has swapped Alpine for Aston Martin and his crash with Stroll last year seems forgotten as he made a bold prediction for his new team-mate

Alonso told Planet F1: “I’ve known Lance for 11 years. And I’ve known his father, Lawrence, for many years. He’s a great friend of mine. I’ve been to his house in Canada a few times, doing different sports and enjoying time together.

“In Lance, the team has a driver who is super young, super talented and has the possibility to be world champion. To see him achieve that and have played a part in that, whether that’s behind the wheel or not, will be special for me.

Lance Stroll has finished on the podium three times out of 122 F1 Grand Prix starts
Lance Stroll has finished on the podium three times out of 122 F1 Grand Prix starts (Image: Getty Images)

“He has the speed, and he has the talent. He has shown it many times, especially in wet conditions. I remember Lance’s pole position in Turkey and some of his other excellent performances in the wet; to perform at that level in difficult conditions you have to have a special feeling with the car.”

Alonso, aged 41, is 17 years older than his new team-mate Stroll and left Alpine after two years which included one podium finish. The Spaniard said that the ambition of Aston Martin to compete with the likes of Mercedes, Red Bull and Ferrari for the F1 world championship is what appealed to him.

Fernando Alonso says new team Aston Martin are 'determined' to be an F1 world championship contender
Fernando Alonso says new team Aston Martin are 'determined' to be an F1 world championship contender (Image: Getty Images)

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“The team is determined to become a championship contender and will do whatever it takes to get there,” Alonso added. “This ambition is appealing to any racing driver. You see all the investment, the new factory, the talent joining the team, and you want to be part of it.

“And then there is the name, Aston Martin. It is, and always will be, an iconic brand in motorsport and the automotive industry. To write the next chapter in the brand’s history and become part of the Aston Martin family makes me very proud.”

The new F1 season begin with the Bahrain Grand Prix on March 5.

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