Stroll Under FIA Probe Amidst F1 Performance Slump and Controversial Outbursts
Oct.11 - Lance Stroll has found himself at the centre of multiple intersecting narratives in Formula 1 - as it emerges that the FIA is now investigating his behaviour.
Amid the Canadian's performance slump, and after his calamitous participation in the most recent race weekend, an FIA spokesman said the body's compliance department is in talks with Stroll over "several incidents" in Qatar.
He threw his steering wheel after qualifying, violently shoved his trainer Henry Howe after refusing to go for his mandatory post-qualifying weight-check, and then lashed the FIA and the stewards to the media.
"It's a joke that they are giving penalties for this," he said on Sunday about the track limits issues in Qatar. "They don't understand what Formula 1 is these days.
"What they're putting us through - making the track narrower and saying you can't go over kerbs because the tyres are failing if we do."
The FIA spokesman said the Paris federation is now looking into Stroll for potential breaches of "FIA rules, policies and procedures".
And it all comes at a time in which rumours are flying around that Stroll's motivation and form are flagging at the same time and rate - and that his Aston Martin-owning father Lawrence may be considering Yuki Tsunoda for the team's works Honda future.
"It's an exceptional situation," well-known Spanish commentator Antonio Lobato told A Diario.
"Not only is he the owner's son, but he built this team for his son to race. So I don't think he's going to tell him to get out.
"But it's another thing for him to say 'Hey, dad, I can't do this anymore. I'm suffering a lot and not having fun'. Taking the last nine races, the one with the least points has been Stroll," Lobato added.
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FIA really has nothing better to do than care about a driver's & his trainer's relationship or what happened between them, which wasn't even serious in the end.
The headline mentions Stroll and performance slump in the same sentence, is that even possible.
OK, we've established that the young man is a spoiled rich kid. He had a hissy fit & acted like a brat. He didn't breach any competition rules. FIA investigation??? Sheesh.
sporting code/ media obligation under/thereof blah blah
Meanwhile, back in the USA, the BASHCAR boys get out of their cars and have fist fights and the fans love it. LOLOL
The reality is that Lance is out of his depth, out of his comfort zone, and he has finally realised F1 is not the easy game he thought it would be and he will always be an also ran, never be WDC. Daddy's money can't buy everything! Hence he has lost his motivation, lost interest, and is just keeping up appearances.
Maybe Daddy will come to the same realisation and sell the team!
There you go, it's very easy to understand!
The only problem is that Lance does not have 'IT', and he never will.
Throwing money at his problem won't fix it. He's had his golden opportunity, time for someone else's turn.
Sell the team to Andretti perhaps, with a works engine in the offering, if Andretti has to gt 500/600M as a deposit be as cheap to buy AM
Don't forget a tennis racket for Lance....
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