Watch out for Aston Martin and Alonso in Canada: Lawrence Stroll warns

A few weeks ago, at F1 Spanish GP, Aston Martin was surprised to have a worse pace than expected in Sunday’s race against a Mercedes that took a big step forward. However, Alonso is not concerned: “In Canada we crush them”he said between laughs, clarifying that in “We’re going to pick up a lot of stuff in Canada, and Silverstone as well.” I wasn’t worried because I knew what was coming in Montreal, the home track for the team owner, Lawrence Stroll, and his partner, Lance Stroll. Aston Martin will present evolutions in Montreal that should give a significant boost to the performance of Alonso and Stroll’s car, the AMR23. “Someone is coming to Canada and it’s going to be a step up,” said Team Principal Mike Krack. And in that sense, Lawrence is also not worried about what happened in Barcelona. Quite the opposite. He is confident and thinks big: he believes that the image seen in Barcelona will change Canada.

“A double on the podium? That’s exactly the plan. Hopefully two cars can get on the podium. I have a lot of confidence. I think the car will be very strong at the Montreal circuit, the track suits our car… so I’m really looking forward to coming home and having a great race,” said Lawrence Stroll. in remarks to ‘Reuters’ at an event held in New York.

MD pointed this out after what happened in Barcelona. For nothing one should draw a hasty conclusion that Mercedes has definitely surpassed Aston Martin. It will be a development race and the fight is just beginning. But one thing is very clear: Mercedes had to spend a large part of its budget to change half the car to put a ‘B’ version with sidepods on the track at Monaco, so this could mean a lower probability of progress in the rest of the course for the stars to not exceed the budget ceiling. Here we must add that what was seen in Barcelona could be something specific: the temperature was lower than usual and Alonso’s race was marked by something else that does not usually happen: two mistakes in the wet in qualifying.

so, With the introduction of Aston Martin’s improvements in Canada and the performance of the new Mercedes package on a different track, new conclusions can be drawn. Things can change.

“I think we will bring fixes and some updates to Canada,” added Lawrence, who also defended his son Lance from his difficult start on the course, marked by his wrist injury. “I think Lance showed in Barcelona that he is starting now. It took him six or seven races to feel better… I think Lance and Alonso will be even at the end of the season.” commented.

In addition, Lawrence also referred to the future of Fernando Alonso. The Asturian has made it clear in Barcelona that “I will stay at Aston Martin for a few years” and Mike Krack, team boss, assured a few weeks ago that he saw “no reason” why Alonso could not continue to compete to Aston Martin in 2026 .with the new engine regulation. Lawrence also spoke about this: “I think most people never believe that Fernando is here today. Maybe he is still a little far to see him in 2026, but never say,” he concluded.

Lance Stroll is also optimistic

For his part, the driver and son of the team owner, Lance Stroll, is also optimistic about his options in Canada after what happened at the last Spanish GP, although he stressed the importance of not making mistakes due to -development by Mercedes and one that Ferrari could also put on if they understood better the new package of evolutions they showed in Barcelona.

“A podium? I thought it would be possible in Spain when we settled for third place, but we just don’t have the pace. If Mercedes do what they did in Barcelona again and Ferrari and Red Bull are there too…it will be difficult , so we have to work on some things and show ourselves to be stronger”, concluded the Canadian pilot.

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