Tagliani: No F1 for Stroll without money
Lance Stroll would not be in Formula 1 if not for his billionaire father's money.
That is the view of Alex Tagliani, a former Indycar driver who like Stroll is from Canada.
"I'm not taking away his talent, but I'm going to give you my opinion," Tagliani told Canadian broadcaster TVA Sports on the weekend of the Canadian GP.
"I don't think so," he answered when asked if Stroll would be in F1 if he wasn't bankrolled by Racing Point team owner Lawrence Stroll, his billionaire father.
"When you look back, money has done a lot. He comes from that family and he has the money.
"But he is there and he's not going to say 'I'm not going to enjoy it'," Tagliani added.
Another Canadian, 1997 world champion Jacques Villeneuve, has also been critical of the scale of the financial support enjoyed by 20-year-old Stroll.
"It's a bit hard to swallow," he told Le Monde. "Money has to have a limit, and in this case it pushes the limit."
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I wish Ocon would have retained the seat that Stroll's dad bought. Ocon proved himself winning kart races throughout Europe while struggling and living in a trailer. Stroll has always had the best of everything, and now he's barely quicker than the Williams. I find it hard to root for Lance.
You are confusing the issues: Stroll having always had the best of everything and now being barely quicker than the Williams, have nothing to do with each other.
Stroll should be criticised on the merits of his driving. Begrudging him the money says more about you than about Stroll.