Lance Stroll
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 29 October 1998
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Formula One World Championship career | |
Nationality | Canadian |
Car number | 18 |
Entries | 162 (159 starts) |
Championships | 0 |
Wins | 0 |
Podiums | 3 |
Career points | 292 |
Pole positions | 1 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
First entry | 2017 Australian Grand Prix |
Last entry | 2024 Azerbaijan Grand Prix |
2018 position | 18th (6 pts) |
Previous series | |
2015–16 2015 2014 2014 | F3 European Championship Toyota Racing Series Italian F4 Championship Florida Winter Series |
Championship titles | |
2016 2015 2014 | F3 European Championship Toyota Racing Series Italian F4 Championship |
Lance Stroll (born 29 October 1998) is a Belgian-Canadian racing driver,[2] racing under the Canadian flag, currently driving in Formula One with Racing Point Force India F1 Team. He was Italian F4 champion in 2014, Toyota Racing Series champion in 2015, and 2016 FIA European Formula 3 champion. He was part of the Ferrari Driver Academy from 2010 to 2015. He achieved his first podium finish, a 3rd place, at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, becoming the second-youngest driver to finish an F1 race on the podium and the youngest to do so during his rookie season.
Personal life
Stroll is Jewish, and is the son of billionaire Canadian businessman Lawrence Stroll, owner of the Circuit Mont-Tremblant, and Belgian fashion designer Claire-Anne Callens.[3][4][5]
Career
Like many race drivers, the Geneva-based Canadian began his motorsport career in karting at the age of 10.[6] He recorded numerous race and championship wins in his native Canada and North America and in 2008, his first year of karting, he won the Federation de Sport Automobile du Quebec rookie of the year award and driver of the year in 2009.[6][7]
Formula 3
2015
At the beginning of 2015, Stroll won the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series, recording 10 podiums – including four wins – from 16 race starts. The same year he also contested the FIA Euro F3 Series with the Italian Prema team, winning one race outright and achieving 17 top-six overall race finishes in the 33-race series driving a Dallara F312 Mercedes. Stroll finished the season, during which he drove in 50 races, at the Macau Formula 3 Grand Prix.
Stroll was part of the Ferrari Driver Academy, and the second-youngest driver to be signed to a Formula One team. On 11 November 2015, it was announced that Stroll would leave Ferrari to serve as a test driver for Williams.
2016
Stroll remained with the Prema Powerteam, for a third consecutive year, to contest the Euro F3 Series for a second year. He began 2016 by finishing 5th in the Rolex 24 at Daytona in a Ford Chip Ganassi Racing entered Ford EcoBoost Prototype to become the youngest highest-placed overall finisher in the history of the event.
In the 2016 Euro F3 series, Stroll took 11 wins and claimed the title in the second race at Imola, over 100 points clear of his main rival Maximilian Günther.
Formula One
Williams (2017-2018)
- 2017
On 3 November 2016, Williams Martini Racing announced that Stroll would drive for them in 2017. He became the first Canadian Formula One driver since the 1997 World Drivers' Champion Jacques Villeneuve, who coincidentally also started his Formula One career at Williams.[8] After three retirements, Stroll's first race finish came at the fourth round in Russia, where he finished in eleventh despite spinning on the first lap.[9] In the Spanish Grand Prix, Stroll finished sixteenth and last of all the drivers to finish the race. Two weeks later, Stroll retired after brake failure in Monaco, but was still classified 15th. Stroll scored his first points in his home Grand Prix in Montreal, finishing in 9th place.
Stroll got his first podium by finishing third in the eventful 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, becoming the youngest rookie driver to climb on a Formula 1 podium, at the age of 18 years and 239 days.[10] Furthermore, Stroll gained more positions on the opening lap than any of his rivals in this season.[11]
On 2 September 2017, Stroll registered the 4th fastest time during a wet qualifying session for the Italian Grand Prix. Due to both Red Bull drivers Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen (respectively 3rd and 2nd) taking grid penalties, Stroll was promoted to the 2nd place on the starting grid, making him the youngest Formula One driver to start on the front row of a race at the age of 18 years and 310 days.[12] Stroll finished 7th in the race.
At the third to last race of the 2017 season, the Mexican Grand Prix, Stroll worked his way up to 6th in the race from 11th on the grid, promoted from 12th after Daniel Ricciardo (originally 7th) was demoted due to penalties, and finished in that position on his 19th birthday, placing him ahead of teammate Felipe Massa on points scored for the first time this season.[13]
- 2018
2018 got off to a rough start, with multiple incidents and mistakes within the first few races. Despite an 8th place in Azerbaijan, Stroll scored his next point at Monza, having failed to score at his home race in Canada when he got loose and crashed with Brendon Hartley. Stroll will be leaving the Williams team at the end of the 2018 season.
- 2019
On 30 November 2018, Force India announced that Stroll would drive for them in 2019.
Racing record
Career summary
Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | FLaps | Podiums | Points | Position |
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2014 | Florida Winter Series | N/A | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | |
Italian F4 Championship | Prema Powerteam | 18 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 331 | 1st | |
2015 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Prema Powerteam | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 231 | 5th |
Macau Grand Prix | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | N/A | 8th | ||
Toyota Racing Series | M2 Competition | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 906 | 1st | |
Formula One | Scuderia Ferrari | Development driver | |||||||
2016 | FIA Formula 3 European Championship | Prema Powerteam | 30 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 20 | 507 | 1st |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 27th | |
Formula One | Williams Martini Racing | Development driver | |||||||
2017 | Formula One | Williams Martini Racing | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 12th |
2018 | Formula One | Williams Martini Racing | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th |
WeatherTech SportsCar Championship | Jackie Chan DCR JOTA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 55th |
Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | DC | Points |
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2015 | Prema Powerteam | Mercedes | SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 4 |
SIL 3 Ret |
HOC 1 6 |
HOC 2 14 |
HOC 3 6 |
PAU 1 9 |
PAU 2 10 |
PAU 3 4 |
MNZ 1 11 |
MNZ 2 Ret |
MNZ 3 DSQ |
SPA 1 31 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 EX |
NOR 1 8 |
NOR 2 4 |
NOR 3 26 |
ZAN 1 4 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
ZAN 3 5 |
RBR 1 4 |
RBR 2 3 |
RBR 3 5 |
ALG 1 4 |
ALG 2 3 |
ALG 3 3 |
NÜR 1 9 |
NÜR 2 3 |
NÜR 3 2 |
HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 6 |
HOC 3 Ret |
5th | 231 |
2016 | Prema Powerteam | Mercedes | LEC 1 1 |
LEC 2 Ret |
LEC 3 5 |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 8 |
HUN 3 3 |
PAU 1 9 |
PAU 2 4 |
PAU 3 2 |
RBR 1 2 |
RBR 2 1 |
RBR 3 1 |
NOR 1 1 |
NOR 2 2 |
NOR 3 1 |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 Ret |
ZAN 3 Ret |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 Ret |
SPA 3 4 |
NÜR 1 1 |
NÜR 2 1 |
NÜR 3 2 |
IMO 1 2 |
IMO 2 1 |
IMO 3 1 |
HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 1 |
HOC 3 1 |
1st | 507 |
24 Hours of Daytona results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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2016 | Ford Chip Ganassi Racing | Alexander Wurz Brendon Hartley Andy Priaulx |
Ford Riley DP | P | 725 | 5th | 5th |
2018 | Jackie Chan DCR Jota | Felix Rosenqvist Daniel Juncadella Robin Frijns |
Oreca 07 | P | 777 | 15th | 11th |
Complete Formula One results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Entrant | Chassis | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | WDC | Points |
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2017 | Williams Martini Racing | Williams FW40 | Mercedes M08 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t | AUS Ret |
CHN Ret |
BHR Ret |
RUS 11 |
ESP 16 |
MON 15† |
CAN 9 |
AZE 3 |
AUT 10 |
GBR 16 |
HUN 14 |
BEL 11 |
ITA 7 |
SIN 8 |
MAL 8 |
JPN Ret |
USA 11 |
MEX 6 |
BRA 16 |
ABU 18 |
12th | 40 | |
2018 | Williams Martini Racing | Williams FW41 | Mercedes M09 EQ Power+ 1.6 V6 t | AUS 14 |
BHR 14 |
CHN 14 |
AZE 8 |
ESP 11 |
MON 17 |
CAN Ret |
FRA 17† |
AUT 14 |
GBR 12 |
GER Ret |
HUN 17 |
BEL 13 |
ITA 9 |
SIN 14 |
RUS 15 |
JPN 17 |
USA 14 |
MEX 12 |
BRA 18 |
ABU 13 |
18th | 6 |
† Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.
See also
References
- ^ "Williams Martini Racing confirms 2017 Abu Dhabi test driver line-up". Williams Martini Racing. 22 November 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2017.
Lance, as confirmed race driver for 2018
- ^ "Halbes Heimrennen: Lance Stroll hat belgischen Reisepass". Motorsport-Total.com (in German). Retrieved 24 August 2017.
- ^ "F1: La maman de Lance Stroll est Belge!" [Lance Stroll's mother is Belgian!]. DH.be (in French). 8 November 2016.
- ^ Jewish Canadian to compete in Melbourne’s Formula One. » J-Wire Archived 24 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Jewish driver set for F1 debut – The Australian Jewish News". jewishnews.net.au. 23 March 2017. Retrieved 20 May 2017.
- ^ a b "Lance Stroll - Williams Martini Racing F1 Driver". www.lancestroll.com. Retrieved 9 November 2017.
- ^ "Lance Stroll | Racing career profile | Driver Database". www.driverdb.com. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "Williams Confirms Driver Line Up for the 2017 Season". Williams Martini Racing. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 2016.
- ^ "Montrealer Lance Stroll finishes first career F1 race in Russia". 30 April 2017.
- ^ "Montrealer Stroll places third in Azerbaidjan Grand Prix". ctvnews.ca. 25 June 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ^ "Williams expects 'really big step' from Stroll in 2018". espn.com. Retrieved 28 February 2018.
- ^ "'I was just having fun' - rookie Stroll makes Monza front row". formula1.com. 2 September 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "Lance Stroll: "A great result and a great birthday present"". thecheckeredflag.co.uk. 30 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.
External links
- Official website
- Lance Stroll career summary at DriverDB.com
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Racing drivers from Quebec
- Sportspeople from Montreal
- Karting World Championship drivers
- Italian F4 Championship drivers
- Toyota Racing Series drivers
- Canadian people of Jewish descent
- Jewish Canadian sportspeople
- Jewish sportspeople
- Canadian people of Belgian descent
- FIA Formula 3 European Championship drivers
- United SportsCar Championship drivers
- 24 Hours of Daytona drivers
- Canadian Formula One drivers
- Williams Formula One drivers