The factory of Aston Martin in Silverstone is going through very tough times. A few days ago Lawrence Stroll burst in with an anger never seen before, and he has good reason to do so. The Canadian magnate has made a significant investment and wager on Aston Martin becoming one of the most important teams in F1, but the team is taking steps backwards and is experiencing its worst moment since he became the owner.
Lawrence Stroll unleashes his fury
Aston Martin has had a more than disappointing start to the season and the consequences are already being felt at the Silverstone factory. Lawrence Stroll showed up after the Japanese Grand Prix with an anger that the British team had never seen before. And he has good reason to be angry. Since he bought the team in 2020, the team has never been in such a bad way. The Canadian magnate has invested a lot of money in the dream of the team becoming a benchmark in F1. He managed to improve the team, and it reached its peak in 2023, when Fernando Alonso arrived and the team achieved eight podiums. Everything indicated that the team was becoming one of the best, much sooner than expected, but from there on, everything went downhill.
But what Aston Martin is experiencing this season was something nobody in the F1 paddock could have expected. The AMR25, the car they have prepared for this season, is struggling not to be the worst car on the grid, a circumstance that has made Lawrence Stroll explode, incredulous at results that go completely against the investment he is making for things to develop in a different way.
Lawrence Stroll is aware that winning in F1 is no easy task and that the team’s hopes are pinned on the new regulations coming into force next year. However, seeing how the team is doing at the moment, he does not foresee a good future for the team. There are few teams that, despite new regulations, have gone from being among the worst to being at the top, and the owner of Aston Martin is beginning to foresee the worst case scenario for next season. This has led him to show up at the factory to unleash all his anger against the professionals on whom he has staked everything and who do not seem to be able to find the solutions for Aston Martin.
Short-term improvements
Lawrence Stroll does not want any more embarrassment in F1 and wants results this season. He is aware that he cannot lose resources for the next campaign, but he considers that the team is going through an extraordinary moment and, as such, requires extraordinary actions, so he would have asked to dedicate more resources for the next races and for the team to be able to take a step forward that can place it in the middle zone and avoid the debacle of a project that has only just begun.
Lawrence Stroll is said to have asked Adrian Newey to become more involved over the coming weeks in the AMR25 in order to find a solution to the current problem. The engineer had residual responsibility for the AMR25, he was keeping an eye on things, but his work was focused on the AMR26. However, the brand’s bad start has apparently led Stroll to ask him to get involved over the next few weeks to oversee any improvements that may come in the next few races.
Lawrence Stroll has exploded and an earthquake has been unleashed at the Silverstone factory. The magnate cannot understand the team’s results, he gave a vote of confidence in the first races, but finally he has exploded and is putting a lot of pressure on a team that, incomprehensibly, has not been able to make a moderately competent car.