Where would Aston Martin be with 2x Lance Stroll's?

I wanted to see where the Aston Martin Formula 1 team would be in the constructors championship, if they had to rely on Lance Stroll, and his teammate - Lance Stroll. To demonstrate the difference a great driver, and a not so great driver, can make to the way a car and team is perceived.

The difference? It's bigger than I thought it would be to be honest...

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[muffinland]

Two Lance Strolls would definitley increase the chances of an incident ruining MAx's race and giving someone else a chance.

[syncmonism]

Alonso is a truly exceptional driver, which really exaggerates Lance's shortcomings. That being said, the F1 driver field has never been more merit based, and never been more high quality. Lance is starting to stand out more than ever because of that.

[KJ]

I remember stroll in 2017
Joining f1 as a 17 year old 2nd youngest driver to start an f1 race
Has a terrible first 6 races
Then gets a podium at Baku becoming the youngest podium sitter in f1 (behind max)
Gets a front row in torrential rain conditions at monza
Finished 3 points off massa in the standings (a 16 second world champion)
And I thought damn this guy could be a generational talent
And he’s had his epic moments but what started so well has now spiralled to mediocrity

[Fderlust]

Would be interesting to see how Williams would be doing with 2x Albon

[glenrobinson]

Unless I'm mistaken, they DID rebuild the car in Singapore. It was Lance who wasn't prepared/cleared to race. No Drugo because you have to complete one practice session prior to the race.

[stefan]

Pretty impressive from the Strolls, finishing close to each other every race and not once crashing into each other 😄

[harmkuijpers]

Great stuff Tommo! Now how would Red Bull do with 2x Pérez? Or, equally interesting, no Perez (i.e. Red Bull becomes a one car team).

[NickArcieri]

Save on driver salaries, but double the crash budget.

[morganmartin]

As a father I understand what Laurence is doing but I actually think what he's doing is just going to hurt lance more and more as time goes on. Even if the Aston was the best car on the grid, there is no teammate that wouldn't beat lance, so there is no reality in which he can be a champ. Also, having zero accountability/repercussions for performance will stifle his ability to grow and improve. If Laurence wants a championship team, he needs to get rid of his son and if he wants lance to have any chance at succeeding as a driver then he needs to step away and force him to do it on his own.

[pauloblanco]

Interesting that only yesterday I made a similar what-if experiment, what if Perez was DSQ'd from every race?

The answer is yes, Red Bull still would lead the Constructors Championship

[John_vs_Wild]

I looked it up, in the FIA rulebook (I looked at 2021) section 26.1.a it says you cannot change a driver after the start of qualifying so even if AM rebuilt the car they would not be allowed to put Drugovich in at Singapore

[magicvibrations]

I'd argue that mechanical DNF shouldn't count for both clones. The other clone should count as projected finishing position without the DNF.

[salim_abid_]

Thank you as always, I'm sure compiling all of this data was draining, We appreciate what you do.

Would love to see 2 Max's vs 2 Perez's and further down the field where teams like Williams and Alpha Tauri would be if they had 2 Albons and 2 Tsunoda's.

[bullymaguire]

Fernando maximized the results every single time this season and only in zandvoort he actually over performed (thanks to the rain too), rest I think a Singapore would have been a possible p6 if not for horrible pit stop.

[ThePolaris]

Great video concept 👍, especially because of the level of detail you took into consideration (not too much and not too little)! This was a lot of fun Tommy! ✌

[maximelantz]

Please, do the same with "A championship without Max Verstappen". Really curious to see what championship fight we could have had

[TheDirtyShaman]

If Aston Martin had two Lance Strolls, they would inevitably crash when trying to overtake each other

[javierservigon]

If Alonso had Vettel as a teammate this season... I bet one of them would have won a race by now. Well, not really since Max is totally killing it, but you get the point

[justgary]

There once was a lad named Lance,
Whose F1 skills put us in a trance.
With each race, we hoped for the best,
But his driving just caused us unrest.

Oh, poor Lance, bless his heart,
Seems like he forgot how to start.
His car would sputter, cough, and wheeze,
Whilst other drivers zoomed with ease.

Round the corners, poor Lance would spin,
His car resembling a wild tin.
He'd bump into walls, oh, what a mess,
Leaving debris all over the track, I guess.

His turns were like a dance of doom,
Sending mechanics to their tomb.
They'd try their best to fix his ride,
But even they couldn't hide his lack of stride.

With each race, we laughed and sighed,
As Lance continued on his wild ride.
But hey, we give the lad some credit,
For at least he brought entertainment, we admit.

So here's to Lance, the champion of spills,
We can count on him for racing thrills.
Whether he'll improve, we're yet to see,
But for now, we enjoy his comedy.

- An average F1 fan...

[tolgamumin]

The interesting thing about Stroll is no matter the car he will get that p7 to p13 mark.