Boss: Stroll can be 'great' for Force India
Otmar Szafnauer thinks Lance Stroll will be a "great driver" for Force India.
The news has not been announced yet, but it is an open secret that the son of new team owner Lawrence Stroll will be Sergio Pérez's teammate from 2019.
"I don't know him well yet, but from the outside I've seen him do a good job," team boss Szafnauer, referring to 19-year-old Stroll, told Brazil's Globo.
"Next to Felipe Massa he finished three points behind last year and Felipe was world champion for half a lap in 2018," he said.
"And when Sergey Sirotkin went to Williams this year, everyone told me he is very fast in qualifying, but Lance is beating him. All that suggests we are dealing with a great driver.
"He's still very young but we will help him to develop. And if there is something we know how to do, it's how to train young drivers like Nico Hulkenberg, Paul di Resta, Jules Bianchi and others," Szafnauer said.
"We can extract the potential out of young drivers and with Lance it will be no different."
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At least with Lance having a decent car at Force India, we will finally able able to see his skill as a driver. Sadly the Williams cars just don't have it any more, time to shutter the team and save $100,000,000. for Frank's Grandchildren's trust fund.
LANCE is a spoilt pay-driver who doesn't have talent - no matter what car he drives!!
To put Lance .in Force India instead of Icon is a joke!!!Boss just keeping on message about Lance to save his own job.
Lets be fair, the guy is not only a driver, but also the son of the onwer of the team, what you expect?!? For many hears, F1 has been more of a car than it is driver. If you have a car to run in the middle field, it will be there during the races, and at the end of the season. If you have a driver to run in the middle of the field, but no car at all (like Williams now), you will be in the back of the field, unless a lot of people breakdown. So, I have few reason to not like this guy, but paying in ornot, it is there, and "deerves" the chance (F1 and Force India are not complaining): 2 more drivers, and a eally good team still running, so...
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