How to Buy Your Way Into Formula 1

Does Lance Stroll genuinely earn his place in Formula 1? I'm diving into the journey of Lance Stroll, a racer whose path to the pinnacle of car racing was significantly accelerated by his billionaire father's support.
From his early karting days to securing a spot on the F1 grid, I'll examine the investments and decisions that made his career possible. Amidst the debate over 'pay drivers,' I'm taking a closer look at what Stroll brings to the table. Through insights and analysis, I'm tackling the crucial question: Is Lance Stroll there on merit?
Join me as I explore the talent and controversy surrounding one of the sport's most discussed figures.
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[@TheMarEg]

i came for a tutorial, not for a story

[@NiceBaconNiceNice]

lol

[@TheMarEg]

@@NiceBaconNiceNice ur stalking me 💀

[@mika2666]

Step one: have billions, step 2: do what Lawrence did

[@TheMarEg]

@@mika2666 at least somebody gives me a tutorial 💀

[@WhyForWhatNow]

*you* clicked onto a 12min tutorial?

[@tedecker3792]

Me: Daddy please buy me a kart. Lance: Daddy please buy me an F1 team.

[@barryalangroves8759]

Such a sad story that this has happened as they are plenty of talented drivers who deserve a seat I cannot understand as to why Aston Martin shareholders do not step in Aston Martin have decent car look at what Alsono has achieved just imagine with two awesome drivers who achieve

[@alexandrosploumis9146]

Lawrence: But for the championship you have to win the final bosses, Vettel and Alonso emerge

[@shad3slay]

he is the guaranteed safety car on the arabian GP.

[@keastymatthew2407]

You: Daddy stop touching me. Your daddy: No im cumming inside you boy😂

[@Shoegazebasedgenre0.]

​@@barryalangroves8759alas such is life

[@joesomenumbers]

Have literally zero clue about F1 but still watched because I love drama

[@sabbyd1832]

Yaas, they have to have drama or people wouldn't watch

[@googlreviews7813]

That's all F1 is anymore lol, a circus.

[@misslawless6021]

I found my people 😂

[@Fuaarrkk]

Me too, I’m a gossip slut

[@vinylartcollectibles]

😂

[@robertvanderlinden2813]

damn, Max already showed his dominance in 2011💀

[@carlosgoden4424]

With a dad like his no wonder

[@sgthulk9]

Agree. Best dad ever. Too bad yours probably came short in your childhood so you project your jealousy onto comments in YT. That's ok. We understand.@@carlosgoden4424

[@cursed2322]

@@carlosgoden4424 XD you're funny. Max destroys everyone

[@jamesrmbron4034]

There is a reason he is the youngest F1 driver ever😂

[@carlosgoden4424]

@@cursed2322 that’s why he’s the 🐐

[@mina-doesnt-sleep]

watching this after that shitty chinese gp, "there was nowhere to go" and proceeds to go under daniels car, such a nepo baby its unreal

[@LunnarisLP]

paying attention and breaking apparently was too hard a task for him.

[@xenteko7249]

@@LunnarisLP Unironically, yes. Many of his radio comments have made very clear that he simply doesn't have the headspace of real F1 drivers. It's why he has stupid crashes so often. He just turns into the apex without checking his mirrors because he's literally incapable of doing that while braking for the corner at the same time.

[@randataher1884]

and then he blamed daniel for making him crash when it was obviously his fault for not looking at the car infront of him

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

​@@LunnarisLP Well now, doing both at the same time is incredibly difficult 😂.

[@benry7927]

if you watch his rpm indicator on the wheel, it goes up before he hit Riccardo, so he literally drove into him, with the throttle engaged lmfao

[@TheFluffy118]

We are now post-China GP, and this has aged like fine wine.

[@97akiru]

I'm not into F1 but, I am into a spiral of nepotism and corruptions scandals videos in KZbin. Can you pass me an article of what happened or what has happened since this video?

[@moonytheloony6516]

@@97akiru You should be more than capable of finding that information on your own.

[@pio7763]

​@@moonytheloony6516son, instead useless comment you couldn't write useful one. You're capable of do it.

[@brysonhumphreys6043]

⁠@@pio7763Telling someone that you believe in their ability isn’t useless lol

[@pio7763]

@@brysonhumphreys6043 sorry I was thinking he was just a d..ck and he wanted to uplift this young men. Teach him how to use Google. It's obviously difficult task for you and some others and require motivation. My mistake.

[@tlngrimm5199]

the photo of him beeing a kid with his current teamate is so lol

[@iahlee]

We shaped the world where money can buy anything

[@wile123456]

99% of sport is like this. Capitalism ruins everything. National teams competing fixes some of the issues, but any private league, so all of motorsports, suffers from this

[@Fengsuave_]

Who’s we😭it was never in our control. Even if we wanted it to be

[@oomachiw111]

Money cannot buy skill though

[@barryalangroves8759]

Unfortunately that appears to be correct in some areas but also talent is required in FI

[@grimgoreironhide9985]

@@wile123456Even under socialism or communism you get corruption like this.

[@_Tp___]

Lance isn't THAT bad, definitely doesn't deserve a place in that team though. Maybe Kick Crypto Gambling Stake Sauber will have a spot for him.

[@razgriz380]

He's terrible and would never have made it to the premier class without daddy's cheque book.

[@_Tp___]

@@razgriz380 He's definitely not terrible, just not top 5 F1 team good. On the other hand there probably are better drivers that deserve his seat more but he's definitely good enough for a back of the pack team.

[@razgriz380]

@@_Tp___ I'm sorry but I have to disagree. He's average at best and frankly when it comes to the premier class that's not good enough. The point of F1 is the best drivers duking it out, some with better machinery of course, but skill is paramount to move to better machinery. Stroll doesn't fit either category, little skill and only moves up in equipment quality thanks to daddy buying him a team to mould around and he still manages to come off second best to a significantly older driver. He needs to retire and take up the tennis dream of his, where he will likely be just as talentless but that's the problem of Wimbledon etc. Let someone with a future take the seat.

[@_Tp___]

@@razgriz380 I did used to agree but he has pulled off some solid, not extraordinary, but decent races so like I said he isn't good enough to drive in his current team. On the issue of pay drivers I completely agree they shouldn't be there and someone with more raw talent should be there but unfortunately F1 is dominated by money.

[@lordracer7743]

@@razgriz380 He is a former F3 European champion and got enough superlicense points to earn the license. If he is that bad like you are shit talking him, then he wouldnt have a f1 license. Btw. what are your earnings in motorsport besides beeing a hater with no knowledge?

[@user-op6kt8pg9y]

Who wouldve guessed that a "sport" for rich elitists can only be played by other rich elites

[@nickjones2850]

tbh I find it hard to get animated about Stroll when most drivers on the grid wouldn't be there if they didn't come from extreme wealth. It's just in his case it's a bit more explicit.

[@Notavailable375]

Good point.

[@robertviens6104]

@@Notavailable375 Yes, A fair point, but if that team would be determined to be a liability, A lot of money is just waiting to buy this team and put 2 Good drivers in the seats.

[@SimonK3113]

LH isn't rich like him

[@charlesbliss4860]

@@SimonK3113one of the very few

[@sjeffy5137]

It’s not how he got his seat, it’s that he can’t lose it. Many drivers get a seat through wealth, but if they perform like shit they still usually get dropped. Stroll’s teammates will always lose their contracts, no matter how well they perform, so long as stroll is on the team

[@Warhaawk]

I actually feel bad for Lance. I see this being about his father living his own F1 dream vicariously through his son.

[@scsmith4604]

Agreed. Maybe this is why Prema has decided to enter IndyCar. Stroll Sr. knows his son can't survive in F1 for much longer and wants him racing somewhere deciding to bankroll this effort.

[@chrisccc22]

@@scsmith4604 The Aston Martin team will be sold by 2026. Honda is coming and there is a great Japanese F1 driver looking for a seat. We know the history of how that works. Someone will get the toss and it won't be Alonso. Honda has already forgiven him for the GP2 engine comment.

[@Bncxx1275]

@@scsmith4604 no disrespect for indy But he could join valkyrie seats at le mans

[@carlosgoden4424]

Valid assumption but still an assumption

[@robertknight5429]

Could be worse, he could have had Jos Verstappen for a dad....

[@andredornelles8014]

Why are people hating on the video / channel in the comment section? Lance would absolutely be out of F1 if it wasn't for his dad. This is the most obvious thing for multiple years... Great content, as always!

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

He's good enough to be in F1 just not enough to be teammates with Alonso lol

[@andredornelles8014]

@@Carlos-ln8fd there are plenty of drivers in the world good enough to be in F1. Lance is not in the top of that list nor he's marketable (Like Ric or Sargeant). No team would offer him a seat, there would be absolutely nothing to gain with Lance without daddy's money

[@wile123456]

@@Carlos-ln8fd No he isn't, because there is multiple F2 drivers waiting to get in more competent than him. Get rid of the trash so new talent can develop

[@Carlos-ln8fd]

@@wile123456 do you really think he's the worst in the grid?

[@andredornelles8014]

@@Carlos-ln8fd Just by sheer amount of years of experience, he's car from the worst in the grid. But at the same time, it's reasonable to expect better results now that he is a veteran driver. That's why in my opinion F1 is not the place for him: we know too well now what he could accomplish sometimes but even more what he can't in diverse situations. It's quite clear that the risk to reward ratio would be much more promising with new talents in those limited F1 seats than with someone that's consolidated as a "meh" driver

[@jamesonm.7925]

This dudes the exact stereotype of: "If you were to tell me that I was going to be an F1 driver when I was kid, I would have been surprised. It took nothing but hard work and dedication to get where Im at today."

[@averageuser2027]

To be fair, you can buy an F1 seat, but you can’t buy points, podiums and a pole.

[@asquare9316]

@@averageuser2027 You should look into the circumstances of those results.

[@unvaxxeddoomerlife6788]

@@averageuser2027 Your mum buys pole.

[@augustinf]

Lol you really think stroll has 0 talent and hasn’t worked very hard to get there? People who are clueless about F1 crack me up. Let’s just talk about the athletical performance… do you understand what you have to go through so that your body can go through such level of Gs during 2 hours at 100% concentration? The kilos of water you lose in just 2 hours? How precise, consistent, multi tasker and blondy fast you have to be? How many paying drivers do you think have made a pole, podiums and that much point, without ever driving a top car? I don’t particularly care about him but tired to always hear idiotic F1 newbs criticizing drivers as if they would’ve done much better. I bet you are nobody on your local go kart circuit. Well the best driver at your local circuit would stand no chance in a local F4 champioship, most probably. You need a superlicence to drive an F1… and you can’t buy it.

[@codykeane6107]

Except Lance dominated other top drivers in the same cars. In F3 he won the title beating 2nd place by 180 points with 14 wins absolutely dominated Lando Norris, Russel, Zhou and Mazapin who've all been F1 drivers. Saying he didn't earn a shot when he absolutely ran through the competition just shows a complete lack of understanding.

[@dma98]

Add a crash during a safety car to the list

[@metallicamadsam]

thankgod for the halo system, its the only reason its safe for him to race.

[@davidreichert9392]

George Russel has done that as well.

[@florimond.]

Aren't all F1 drivers born in money? Maybe not billionaires like Lance but I mean it's not exactly the most accessible sport ever...

[@YungGaucho]

Yeah but most F1 drivers don’t have their family buy an entire F1 team for them

[@josh3.064]

@@YungGauchoso what lol not that much of an advantage

[@YungGaucho]

@@josh3.064 thats a huge advantage you dunce. It prevents him from getting kicked off the team, which should’ve have happened already if he raced for anyone else

[@dawwenrh1929]

I don't think it's all of them, a lot, but the rich one was not as rich as Stroll being able to stay in F1 because of his fathrr

[@Cris_the_coder]

Formula 1 is basiclly for rich people, its rare when you get people from the gutter. they have ruined F1

[@bain8726]

So this kid is good at crashing?

[@DDaarriiuuss]

well you can't be worst then mazespin

[@DRUMM3RX7]

Agreed

[@marknicol9405]

hulkenburg and magnessun are not much better

[@KurtusJay]

​@@marknicol9405they definitely are

[@falconeshield]

The bottom line needs to reach the black screen at some point

[@lancercool1992]

bro managed to get 2.5/7 words wrong, quite something to be worst then yourself

[@boringextrovert6719]

0:15 Both Canada AND North America 😮 I have been to both Korea and Asia

[@enbydeadly]

i'm from both canada and north america and that line honestly threw me off so hard

[@trinomial-nomenclature]

Same lol.

[@maximizejyle]

Korea and Asia???

[@martinrodriguez1329]

I mean, if the dad can afford it and it's willing to do so, then there's nothing wrong with it 'cause in the end you need skill if you want to win. If you want to stay at last position it's on you, the dad would lose money if it happened and eventually would stop paying if last is all you get.

[@ryancuda45]

that thumbnail is insane lol.

[@Drrolfski]

Occasionally flashes of excellence but on the whole not consistent enough. F1 becoming ever more financially successful, is moving away from pay drivers. Which is a good thing but let us not forget that many teams for a long time could not survive without them. For all the bad rep that is projected on his son, Lawrence made massive investments in F1 that not only kept teams alive but in the case of Astin Martin, put it on a healthy trajectory with state of the art facilities.

[@wile123456]

nah dont care. If your team sucks ass and cant do finances, sell or close your team. Nepotism has no place in sports and compitition. Only the best should compete, simple as.

[@Re0Search]

There would be no best if here isnt any team that exists for them. Thats what the og comment is trying to say ​@@wile123456

[@bigdaddyrv16]

​@wile123456 thats... thats literally what happened. Force india didnt have no money so lawrence bought em out and made them way better and more competitive than before.

[@robertviens6104]

@@bigdaddyrv16 Really? That's your take from all This?

[@bigdaddyrv16]

@robertviens6104 look. Ill admit lance doesnt deserve his seat. But you also have to admit Lawrence has done more for his team and f1 as a whole than someone like Gene Haas.

[@maddoxev]

You should do a story about matt mingays crash. He died on the track twice, got resuccitated, faced several facial injuries and brain damage and continued to drive and stunt bikes months later. He has a documentary.

[@timothysperisen2088]

maybe we need a Formula "R" for rich kids like stroll, latifi, mazepin - would certainly be good entertainment

[@NNRedemption]

In the end you have to be a rich kid Overall when you start in motorsport

[@omarmuhamed9397]

Money can't buy skills

[@maximizejyle]

But you can buy for a spot in the biggest racing organization

[@maximizejyle]

Also some training equipment that cost you a house

[@thrantamen9529]

Tbh this guy is a threat to other f1 drivers. After 8 years I cant believe he is still in a cockpit afterall.

[@kpal2946]

The photo with Stroll having an Aston Martin branded soother is hilarious.

[@gaunterodimm6370]

They are different racing categories.

[@SavageX-lo1wp]

Lance Stroll reminds me of Iosef Tarasov (Viggo's Son) from John Wick movie🍿 😂

[@flamurisa1748]

I think I have watched one F1 race in my whole life, but the video was so well done, I really had to watch from start to the end. Good stuff, I'm thinking on checking your next controversial video

[@zenalberga2339]

Well, Lance making silly mistakes aged well in China

[@jordanbruce3721]

As a Canadian its always nice to root for someone from the same country. Except for this case...

[@moonytheloony6516]

That was awful, yet 100% justified.

[@davehoyer]

Stroll and Latifi. What a mess.

[@emilygooner9697]

Omg he’s a disaster 😂

[@pynx5585]

I think it’s his dad who’s spoiling him more than anything he seems to put in the work and is truly passionate which I think is shown in the quick recovery of both wrists I think if most had the opportunity he does and the money backing him they would continue on as well

[@theatheori]

As much as I think he doesn’t deserve the seat, I do think that without Lance, Lawrence Stroll would not invest in F1 and hence we wouldn’t be able to see Alonso fighting for podiums in these past couple seasons. All top teams were too occupied anyway with their young drivers talent program and would consider twice before signing Alonso back for 2023 season. In a universe without Lance Stroll, the team we know as AM now would probably be just some other midfielder team that wouldn’t be as entertaining to watch

[@vipervidsgamingplus5723]

I can respect someone who is good at racing, I cannot respect someone who gets turned down then pays their way through. If you miss by ten or so points, that's disappointing, but know when to quit.

[@vjollila96]

''stroll isn't looking where he's going!'' is quete that summarizes strolls career

[@messylaura]

the designers at AM said they want to add new parts for miami and redesign the software, Lawrance said "on both cars?" the designer said "cars? no we mean your son"

[@a.k_4.7]

In the first 3 races of 2024 Lance Stroll:- 9 points A certain 7 time WDC:- 8 points 🗿🗿🗿

[@Kannon_BR]

Wow... with so much processing prowess, NASA is missing out on you

[@2Wheels1Love89]

Points

[@myenglishteacherisbuiltlik7291]

yeah ur just another stupid lance stroll meat rider

[@jmg4566]

so as long as the season is never 3 races, he's got a snowballs chance in hell. Thanks for that input.

[@davidhaworth7152]

If you are overpointing a world champ that’s not a good comparison ? Who is that comparison unfavorable to?

[@NigelTufnel612]

I am shocked a) the other AM investors have not demanded a legitimate driver, b) Honda didn't get the right to name a driver as part of its exclusive engine supply deal, and c) Lance still has a super license.

[@FarmYardGaming]

this is the sort of video that will inevitably pop up on a video about internet hate

[@pascualnoriega3884]

colin and samir inspired thumbnail?....nice!!!!

[@DailyFuelUp]

Haha first one to recognize it 👀

[@vman7321]

Business card is rumoured to be, “Backup driver” Family Business

[@friendpods9320]

Who here after Lance stroll's P1 in stupidity in Chinese GP 2024 🎉🤑🤑🤑😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫

[@TheoF1]

2 things about his F3 title you forgot to mention. He had a way higher tech simulator than anyone else on the grid because of Lawrence, and he also seemed to had modified suspension that gave him a pace advantage that Williams had developed for him because of Lawrence again ofc

[@marks4471]

Ollie Bearman deserves Stroll's seat!

[@ttghhgg1918]

Nah he deserves Lewis seat

[@andrebenard8898]

Hey bozo! He’s father is billionaire to! Ah i forgot, he’s british it’s ok!

[@20yrsfarming]

News flash, there are no poor kids on the grid

[@aspero_yt411]

Lewis came from a middle class family. Not poor but still

[@moisesjimenez4391]

Yeah but not everyone’s dad literally buys their way into Formula 1 and also called the shots for their team on their way to F1. That’s why they’re so scandalized. Plus, despite his talent he was clearly not ready for F1 level racing.

[@bencaspar]

Ocon may be a d!ck, but he's no trust fund baby

[@comatose3788]

This is how the world is. Nothing new, nothing you will not see again. On the other hand he is doing his best to be what he wants to be. If you start breaking down everyone you see, you will always find flaws. This is why they say "never meet your heroes". Also, most the people that cry over others can't fill their shoes. This man is a race car driver and that is all you should ever care to know. Today some seem to have a problem with looking for ways to look down on others to feed their own egos. Who is really the joke here.. Oh I have some 1/2 baked tea, let's spill it for views. After all it's all about me.

[@PixeRebelz-xn4vx]

if lawrence was really serious in his son development a good teaching was to get him a testing role and make him work to go back to the main team, that would be a thing from a real dad, can you imagine jos verstapen seeing his son doing that!???

[@RoerDaniel]

seems like this guy makes watching f1 more fun.. he is the dose of unpredictability that makes accidents more frequents

[@lordracer7743]

Money is important, yes, but you cant reach F1, if you are too slow for the 40 required superlicense points. Lance Stroll was successful enough to earn the license in his junior career. And dont forget: Stroll is a former F3 European Champion, which is one of the series filled with a lot of talented drivers. Just look at the grid that was in the year, when stroll or occon won it. There was a lot of top drivers there.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

Yes, he won thanks to political BS and super preferential treatment. Russell called Prema on their absurd way of handling the team that year, they completely ruined Nick Cassidy who was the favorite going into that championship. Prior to that he had done nothing, he was destroyed by Latifi and Verstappen in Winter Series and in karting he won nothing in Europe.

[@JuicedOnKids]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 Yh stroll was bankrolled his entire career, best engineer, best teams. all drivers are basically millionares but Russell won his F2 championship in an average team because Merc want their talent to prove themselves first. You also don't need to win the championship to get the points needed for F1, I think that rule has changed though.

[@Cimmerian_Iter]

@@JuicedOnKids yeah okay but how do you explain the fact that he did ffront row start in monza + podium in his rookie career? If he was THAT carried by money and not talent?

[@oldgolfpunk]

Money buys everything... if you don't think you can BUY a license your fooling yourself

[@Cimmerian_Iter]

@@oldgolfpunk money never buy a good rookie season, podiums and pole position. you're fooling yourself if you think that

[@artefx4956]

And today was another milestone in his carreer, thanks to his clumsyness did Ricciardo a favor of remodelling his back

[@robertknight5429]

I remember reading an article years ago about how Lance would be the next big thing, as a Ferrari apprentice. But his dad probably paid the magazine for the article come to think of it. And Tommy Hilfiger was always shite gear.

[@rvdeddrift]

F1 is a funny thing for me. I understand that a lot of the pay to play drivers also helped float certain teams when money was a bit tight. So hopefully the driver pool will start to shake up a lil bit. If it doesn't, i don't think the overall feel of F1 will change for us that aren't true die-hards. I enjoy the absolute precision and interesting tactics used and also the general coolfactor of an F1 race being so well shot for viewers! Since the racing doesn't have a ton of action, it's very nice to throw it on, and be able to listen and still know that you didn't miss much visually. I just want to see the drivers be legit track monsters... And i think Lance really is. He can wheel that sumbitch even if papa made it actually come to fruition!

[@Bncxx1275]

Hopefully whoever F2 champ few Next year have F1 seats

[@wile123456]

Those teams all deserved to sink though. If you suck, you should lose, simple as.

[@jonstark7106]

Literally not a single f1 driver had a poor upcoming

[@FidunFittu-gl3hg]

All Finns has had a poor upbringing..

[@byrondavies1846]

When he won the F3 championship, he won 14/30 races but there were team orders from day 1. Also, there was apparently some illegal development on a spec series race car.

[@codykeane6107]

They're always team orders it's just how racing works. Using it against him is stupid. Also the team orders didn't work very well, his teammates won 8 races that year with Lance placing 2nd/3rd to them a few times.

[@oldgolfpunk]

All motorsports costs money... karting can be extremely expensive. But you up your chances to win when you can buy custom parts others can not...thats not winning by being good.

[@daveroonie]

I can't hate on Lance because if we're all being honest, if I had the financial backing to join F1 I would do the same thing. I just hope he starts to be more consistent and show the skill he has.

[@wile123456]

Capitalism means anyone with too much money either becomes purely evil or a moralless nepo baby

[@shanemac5199]

My parents joy was watching us having the best time they could afford. Good on Lance senior.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

Except he's possibly pushing his son to keep doing this despite the passion isn't there. Btw, F1 Is motorpsort's pinnacle, not some backyard race, nepotism shouldn't be allowed.

[@shanemac5199]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 don't have to tell me, been watching F1 for 50 years. and thats just speculation, you don't know how Lance feels.

[@Ramonatho]

​@@quentinhirschfeld9382"F1 is the pinnacle of motorsport" and other funny jokes you can tell yourself

[@iPuls3]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 Hasn't been the best motorsport has to offer for a while

[@bingchilling233]

@@Ramonatho its true tho?

[@thusano2]

I came here after playing the story mode in F123. I'm new to the sport, I thought the developers were being over dramatic with the fictional character of Devon. I didn't realize in real life the sport is more dramatic than a Telenovela lol. I'm hooked.

[@TheCrenshaw1991]

Best thumbnail award 🥇

[@benfrese3573]

yeah nice hate train riding right there, congrats lol

[@Jimmy_Moon]

He went into an F1 car, just after breaking his wrists. He may be a paid driver, however to do that, he's must love what he does. So, it's unfair to judge the man fulfilling his dreams. Given the chance, we'd all do the same.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

I don't believe he loves his job as much as people believe, that's what even more sad.

[@MyRealName]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 You don't believe.. how the f--k would you know anything about that?

[@vd9570]

Yea sure but the question here is does he deserve a 5% share of the paddock (1/20) when there F2 champions like Theo, Bearman etc who are definitely more talented than him?

[@user-mf6vs8vb1o]

it is fair to judge him since i have to look at this guy during a race ruining and criticizing the work of reallly talented people just because his father is rich. he's the only paid driver to act like this

[@iEATW0RLDS]

​@@user-mf6vs8vb1o Lol people being rich is literally the only reason F1 exists.

[@backoff1000]

Money down the drain😂

[@wednes3day]

Hey, the kiddo is happy getting to try at his dreams (and it honestly probably isn't insanely much money on dad)

[@ChrisPlsDontKillMe]

Its odd calling out this one particular driver for being privileged when the great majority of drivers in pro motorsports are rich, to the point where it is basically a requirement to have a career as driver. I don't think there is much of difference between him and other drivers outside of him being below average in skill, slightly richer than other competitors and a bit more accident prone

[@bmabs35]

Exactly. Can't think of many drivers in recent memory whose families weren't loaded with money.

[@JeovahLovesYou]

Enough is enough daddy Stroll, your son is a burden. Get Sainz on that seat with Alonso please

[@dieselboi91]

I just hope daddy Stroll gets into some financial troubles where he has to sell the team. I feel like this is the only way Lancelot will finally leave F1. There are plenty of drivers who are actually deserving of a seat in F1 more than this punchable face.

[@DRUMM3RX7]

If stroll wasn’t such a terrible driver I wouldn’t be annoyed. All of these other drivers have to prove themselves to be in f1. I feel you need to prove yourself even more to be WORTHY of you taking 1 of 20 seats. But he hasn’t. He has been in f1 for 7 years and just because he’s good in the wet doesn’t mean he’s worthy of f1. He still makes very stupid rookie mistakes and causes millions of dollars of damage. It was fine when the team was starting to figure things out and he could hide behind the fact that he was bad. But now they’re a legitimate title contender and he still fucks it into the barriers every other fucking race.

[@benfrese3573]

I disagree, he's not the best but worthy of the sport. There are drivers on the grid not showing anything either and we've seen worse before. Also many of the drivers on grid come from money. Stroll just gets unjustified hate is all.

[@richardbritez9584]

​@@benfrese3573The others drivers didnt fucking buy an entire team just so they can drive, the hate is deserved, and will allways be until he retires.

[@benfrese3573]

@@richardbritez9584 You may hate him all day, you have my official permission :)

[@richardbritez9584]

@@benfrese3573 Hmm?, im just gonna asume you are retarded.

[@buhbuh305]

im not into f1 but hearing my dad occasionally complain about stroll i understand why now

[@apsabhiraaj]

I can imagine how tuff the journey narayan karthikain have been through. Hats off to

[@skiper7795]

His not a bad driver but without his father he would be out of sport a long time ago giving a chance to some fresh talent

[@umangvarma1165]

I think the video is a bit unfair. Anyone who can podium or even get P5 in F1 deserves to be there irrespective of how they got there.

[@Niggaihate]

Everyone expects him to overperform like Alonso does. But he's doing everything the team asks him to do.

[@falconeshield]

The F4 title was a scummy though

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

Doesn't mean anything, Montero got a podium in F1 yet he was on average slower than frickin Kartykhean, aka the guy who was 1 second slower than a 42 years old De La Rosa in qualifying!

[@Cimmerian_Iter]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 One podium yes, but 3 + Pole position.... cmon

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

And he got there by his good junior performance

[@sjeffy5137]

I don’t have a problem with how he got into F1. It may not be my favorite way, but that’s how it is sometimes. I have a massive problem with F1 drivers like Perez potentially losing their F1 seats after scoring incredible results, all because they don’t have the benefit of being the boss’ son

[@MXG100]

Man did I really miss a lot about lance stroll

[@PaddyMac]

I’ve never sat in an F1 car let alone driven one, but I’m pretty sure I could NEVER get a single point let alone multiple podiums. Pay driver or not, you’ve still got to push these vehicles around a track at a fair lick. The ‘slowest’ guy on track will always much faster than we ever could dream to be

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

With this kind of logic, Taki Inoue deserved his seat.

[@PaddyMac]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382Did you really understand my point?

[@andyleal7132]

What if we received the same amount of training, support, and practice that he had on his come up. Then, I think then you could make an argument that a majority of us would be better. That's the argument for current junior drivers to take his seat.

[@joshbuxton8249]

I always wonder how much talent might be walking around but never got the opportunities of these drivers as kids because they werent born into familys with deep pockets. Pay driver or not. Karting as a kid is probably the most expensive sport you could have a kid play.

[@PaddyMac]

@@andyleal7132 I totally get that point. But I know there have been plenty of rich kids, who, no matter how much training you give them, still couldn’t keep an F1 car on a track for quarter of a lap.

[@charlesdarwin7253]

I don't necessarily respect him as a person, granted he is my age and I obviously envy his bloodline, but I don't HATE Lance Stroll. It's a crazy take! He's an alright driver who drives on the level of Magnussen or Zhou. And he's not a bad person, although I won't fogret the physical attack he made on his personal trainor. Naturally, we will always make jokes olabout Stroll and make fun of him for the fact that he is a pay-driver who would have likely lost his F1 seat at Williams had it not been for his dad's enormous wealth. With that said, I don't believe anybody actually "hates" him but I can only speak for myself.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

You envy his bloodline, WTF?

[@MyRealName]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 You're shocked what a weirdo with charles darwin nickname said?

[@iPuls3]

@@quentinhirschfeld9382 You don't wish your dad was rich? That's what he said.

[@wile123456]

All nepotism babies = bad

[@wile123456]

@@iPuls3 We wish that no dad's were richer than they need to be

[@HikarusVibrator]

I'm a huge Lance Stroll fan. Definitely one of the most talented drivers on the grid. It's not his fault he comes from wealth. Future world champion for sure.

[@headdownflyin]

I understand pay to play, it's an expensive sport, but at what point does his dad say enough is enough and get a better driver? Is it about taking his team to the top, or just paying enough money so his son can drive F1?

[@DeltaTude]

Any driver with more then one podium in F1 is NOT a bad driver. You cant buy your way to the podium. Was lance a good driver? Yes. Is he washed now? Absolutely lol

[@MTbone7]

Wow brutal title card, you won't be invited to Aston garage anytime soon

[@anandkaravadi]

In the era of new technical regulations, Lance is the new Pastor Maldanado.

[@onetripwonders]

It's a unique father son story. I am not a fan, but Larry really understands F1 and Lance's survival in the series is remarkable as a result.

[@eduardoschneider2010]

about time for this video. i was waiting long for it.

[@peanutnutter1]

There's nothing inherently wrong with paid drivers, it's always been a part of the sport. Arguably if his dad didn't buy the team, the team wouldn't exist, and that kind of thing has happened many times in F1. Lance doesn't have the range of skills that the top drivers do but he's had his moments, he seems to drive well in the wet for example.

[@rtmanyemba]

The thing here is not about winning, its about being positioned......

[@malu_-]

There should have an amount counter in the of the money Lawrence "Donated" throughout the years

[@IGG2002]

Let's not forget how Valtteri deliberately joined Mercedes, because he wanted to be the Hamilton's pet, instead of a Formula 1 champion. Stroll may have been labelled as "Daddy's cash", but Bottas has less trophies than Harry Kane and is worse than Jolyon Palmer. Drivers like Bottas (purposely joining a team only to make your teammate better than he actually is instead of fighting for the title) and pay drivers DON'T deserve a seat in F1, while drivers like Oliver Bearman, Mick Schumacher, Nicholas Latifi and Bruno Senna definitely deserve a seat in F1.

[@zarekbhalla123]

Mate bottas is a million times better than stroll

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

Bottas didn't win the championship because he's not as good as Lewis, simple as that.

[@pietervanbreda4360]

@@zarekbhalla123 won more races than Palmer and a lot of current f1 drivers and a few fastest laps, track records and so and in a few races, he beat Lewis's head-on.

[@MyRealName]

Everyone buys their way into F1 one way or another, there is no racing without money. 99.99999% of them come from rich families. People with bully mentality just like to pick someone to hate on, someone they don't know anything about personally. They group together and write hateful stuff all they because that's how busyt they are. Some youtubers like you will do it for clout, like you just did. I like to remember how Stroll was the only one who was sad about Dilano van 't Hoff's passing in a tragic crash and then only one who spoke about it in post race interview. I don't see haters covering that. Pathetic.

[@tubzvermeulen]

thanks for the video

[@niko__sito]

I knew F1 was a "rich kid" sport when the driver names Jolyon, Jenson, and Carmen Larbalestier (yes Lewis' mother, she was and is stinking rich, descendant of Lords). Then you start googling and see theres another 3-4 current drivers with billionaire relatives... it all makes sense.

[@donnylem8818]

I mean. The goal of a father is to give their son everything they’ve ever wanted. Can’t be mad

[@maunsell24]

Maybe so, but giving your child everything they've ever wanted is poor parenting because it does not teach correct values and respect for those less fortunate. We have all met one or more of those 'entitled' people at some point. The AM board will continue to accept Stroll Jnr crashing one of their F1 cars as long as Daddy owns 20% of the company and is happy to pick uo the tab.

[@lgndk11r]

This sounds more relevant to Nikita Mazepin than Lance Stroll. At least Stroll got pole position through his own merits.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

1 pole doesn't justify 7 years of mediocrity, after his 2017 and even 2018 season i was keen on letting him establish himself, he failed so.

[@MooncricketsInc]

​@quentinhirschfeld9382 I don't understand all these clowns defending a shitty paid driver. One pole and a few podiums are not impressive.

[@hakshustletv]

@@MooncricketsInc I don't think you understand how few drivers has ever gotten either to make a statement like that.

[@Stone_MIDI]

Shame you missed that Vettel retired after the race where stroll brake-checked Vettel to take an undeserved win.

[@seen48]

Sure his teammates seem to beat him in every statistic. However, a lot of his season finishes were 10th, 11th,12 etc meaning there always seems to be at least 7-8 drivers worse than him points wise. The last two seasons were not great for sure.

[@MPal24]

Lance Stroll is the reason I never take stories like "Daniel Riccardo needs to improve or he could lose his seat" seriously. It's honestly ridiculous.

[@82dorrin]

I mean, Lance isn't the _worst_ pay driver of all time. He's at least shown some ability to race in F1.

[@issamelarmi]

The dude is just taking a spot from more talented and deserving drivers. Kudos to daddy tho

[@supertouring1]

I think he should move to touringcars. There are plenty of f1 drivers who may have struggled in F1, but had amazing careers in touringcars.

[@gvilla98]

Lance has shown massive improvement and I’d go as far that even if he still doesn’t belong on the grid as there’s very likely better drivers out there, he now does enough to remain and not be offensive. The only difference is the way this guy’s F1 career started, he definitely did not deserve the time it took him to go from ‘painful to watch and annoyingly clumsy on-track’ to now an ‘acceptable, just enough kind of driver’. No one without his means would’ve had that many opportunities to right the ship.

[@aidantaylor117]

oof improvements? did you not see quali for japan😂

[@gvilla98]

@@aidantaylor117 You really think you did something? I said improvements… not that the guy has become a Championship contender. Going from crashing to completing mediocre laps is an improvement.

[@aidantaylor117]

@@gvilla98 yes i actually did do something tf are you on about? do you really think you did something? Lance has not improved he’s only gotten worse wake up bro lance doesn’t deserve his seat there’s plenty of drivers who would do a better job then him and everyone knows it at best he’s a formula 2 contender

[@gvilla98]

@@aidantaylor117 Did you now? What a donut, mate. Did you even read my comment? I explicitly said there's likely better drivers than him for an F1 seat. You're fussing for the sake of fussing. At what point did it ever sound like I like Lance? He's just less atrociously clumsy than he was at first, hence improved although still rubbish. Don't expect a reply after this.

[@kaloyandraganov9462]

What massive improvements? He hasn't scored a podium in 4 years while Alonso scored 8 in 2023

[@countersteer713]

He’s not qualifying p20 and Fernando isn’t fighting for podiums either. Lance is a solid midfield driver. Not a generational talent but he scores points like his teammate does. Also can you tell me how to get from Canada to North America? Do I need to get a hotel room for the trip?

[@Niggaihate]

Also the creator is comparing stroll to one of the greatest f1 drivers of all time. Fernado almost won a WDC in the F2012

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

@@Niggaihate Which was a far better car than most people believe. On average, it was the 2nd-3rd fastest car in race trim and the midfield was INCREDIBLY tight that season, you even had on occasions teams like Lotus, Force India or Suaber challenging for race wins It was also super reliable, while Vettel and Hamilton both lost respectively something like 40 or 50 points and 70 points due to no fault of their own. Btw, Alonso isn't in his prime anymore, Ocon was incredibly close to him pace wise.

[@quentinhirschfeld9382]

'He's not qualifying P20' He actually did on multiple occasions last year, like Monza, while Alonso comfortably got into Q3. H'e snot a solid midfield driver, a solid midfield driver doesn't score 75 points with a car that was good enough for podiums for most of the year. He's also dangerous, poor awareness.

[@jimmystoney8029]

Solid midfield driver LOL. What are you smoking? The only driver worse than him is Sargeant, Zhou, and probably Ricciardo. The rest of the grid is far more talented than him and its not even close. If he was any better, Aston would have been 4th in the constructors, and considering how bad Mclaren was at the start, its pathetic.

[@Niggaihate]

@@jimmystoney8029 Its not Lance's fault that Mclaren got better. He's very much on level with the rest of the grid.

[@danikahn5378]

There is a talented driver out there who is missing out on a deserved place on the grid. Lance has had plenty of opportunities to show us he is good enough, but the reality is that he just isn't.

[@hmx619]

Deion sanders literally became a coach to get his sons in D1 schools then into p5 school and it shows without papa they wouldn’t be there and his son delulu talking about I been through adversity

[@Gustavo-kn9nf]

Mazel tov to Lance Strulovitch, he's not THAT bad, and daddy just helped a tiny bit right ?

[@Spleenzorio]

It’s like the equivalent of the kid who uses his parents credit card to buy all the good stuff in a game but he’s still shit

[@skinnygreenpuppies]

He was Italian F4 champion in 2014, Toyota Racing Series champion in 2015, and 2016 FIA European Formula 3 champion. WHAT TEAM DO YOU DRIVE FOR AND WHAT CHAMPIONSHIPS HAVE YOU WON

[@oldgolfpunk]

Correct, money can buy you things others can't afford.. that gives you a better chance.. where a quality person can use what they have around them with skill they have ....

[@benfrese3573]

he's able to keep up with the grid, he's good enough and we've seen worse than him. get a life

[@TheThreatenedSwan]

Delusional

[@david3077]

Stroll is that mid level talent that that uses his dads credit card to buy all the cheats and hacks. But in tournaments with anti cheats aka real drivers like Fernando Alonso you see how absolutely outclassed daddy’s boy really is.