Some people are of the opinion that current Racing Point driver Lance Stroll should have been the one to make way for Sebastian Vettel next year as the team is set to be rebranded as Aston Martin. Instead it is Sergio Perez who will lose his seat. Racing Point team principal Otmar Szafnauer has now delved into this I'm your host Dillon Shelley and here's what's on this episode of Formula World:
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Szafnauer began by outlining the change in approach that they will be adopting from now on
“Traditionally, we’ve always set up for race day and I think this year, with the car that we have, we’re also looking more towards qualifying form but we’ve now regrouped a bit and reviewed our recent race weekend and decided that we will start focusing more on race day”
He then addressed the performance potential of Lance Stroll and the team
“The main thing is that there’s more to come from Lance, and the team too. It’s been a really strong season for Lance – his best so far with some very mature performances in qualifying and the races”
“After the Monza podium, he was sitting fourth in the championship with just the Mercedes drivers and Verstappen ahead”
He signed off by giving his take on whether Stroll deserves the seat alongside future driver Sebastian Vettel
“He’s in the ascendancy and clearly demonstrating his talent, and that’s why he is fully deserving of his place alongside Sebastian next year”
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Renault’s managing director Cyril Abiteboul has confirmed that “four sports programs will run under Alpine” and that it is his “job to get the best out of all four programs and to coordinate them”
He also thinks that Renault’s new CEO Luca de Meo “has a good knowledge of the sport and of people. He also sees the competitiveness of the sport”
He further added that if he could “make a comparison, it is with the film Ford vs Ferrari”
His driver Esteban Ocon pointed out that “it took a long time for there to be another French winner” and so he’s “happy that Pierre [Gasly] did it”
His teammate Daniel Ricciardo wants “to continue the strong run and score well this weekend” as they’re “in a really tight midfield fight with a number of teams”
He also pointed out that “one or two tenths” is “the difference between the second row of the grid or ending outside the top ten”
Ralf Schumacher feels that Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton “is certainly the greatest of "his" time. Just like Michael” Schumacher was in his time
Haas team principal Gunther Steiner thinks that “at the moment it seems” they’re “just there to create the surprise for other people” but is hoping that their “luck turns and” they “get something good out of it at some stage this year”
McLaren’s Lando Norris has pointed out that “the schedule is looking a bit more ‘normal’ for the next few races after three triple-headers”
He also thinks that “it’ll be great to have fans back in the grandstands again in Russia to cheer” them on
Former F1 world champion Jenson Button has divulged that he “had to work so hard to beat” Lewis Hamilton when they were teammates at McLaren
He also accepts that “it didn’t happen all the time but it happened enough that” he’s “happy with what” he “achieved”
He further feels that Hamilton “can be very outspoken and” “it’s great that he is. It will help the sport and the diversity of the sport”
Ferrari’s Sporting Director Laurent Mekies has confirmed that they “will be introducing a few small aero updates on the SF1000” at Sochi
This he added is a “part of the plan which extends over the next few races to correct as far as possible the weaknesses seen in recent races, particularly with a view to 2021”
Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has reflected on how last year Netflix’s filming crew “shadowed” them “at Hockenheim where” they “celebrated” their “home race and 125 years of motorsport and had” their “worst race of the season”
“That made for a very entertaining Netflix episode, but” he hopes that this time when the Netflix crew will be filming them at Sochi, they “can have great content and a great race”
Does Lance Stroll deserve to be in Aston Martin next year?
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