Lance Stroll to be named as the Driver for Williams.

[ganesh]

Canada's newest F1 Driver.
Reports indicate that he will be named as a driver for Williams in place of retiring Masa.
He will be the first Canadian F1 driver in the last 20 years

[rage2]

Time to buy a Williams jersey and cheer on a Canadian! At least until he ends up at Ferrari.

[ganesh]

Originally posted by rage2
Time to buy a Williams jersey and cheer on a Canadian! At least until he ends up at Ferrari.

I am with you
Please stay away from Ferrari at any cost

[you&me]

It would be his father's wet-dream for Lance to drive for Ferrari... He'll make it happen one day!

[schocker]

Awesome. Will be great to have a canadian to cheer for. F1 will be very different next year with all of the driver changes outside of RBR/Merc/Ferrari.

[danno]

Ya I'll cheer for him, but just another rich kid getting pushed to the top.

[Bladeh]

Hopefully not another Pastor Maldonado.

"I come from money and I am not going to deny that," said Stroll. "But I believe I earned my shot in F1 because I have won every championship that I have competed in.

"Now, the FIA has put in the super licence for just that reason so people can't just buy their way into F1. You have to prove yourself and win in junior categories."

Should be interesting with Max Verstappen on the same grid.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Bladeh
Hopefully not another Pastor Maldonado.

Let's hope not...

[killramos]

Here I thought being a rich kid was a pre requisite for being an F1 driver

Its not Nascar

[ganesh]

Originally posted by danno
Ya I'll cheer for him, but just another rich kid getting pushed to the top.

Rich Kid yes but I don't think he got pushed to the top. His record speaks for him self. He didn't win the champion ship by 100 points because he is rich.

[ganesh]

Originally posted by killramos
Here I thought being a rich kid was a pre requisite for being an F1 driver

Its not Nascar

Not entirely true. Lewis is a typical example. If you have talent you will get your chance.

[you&me]

Originally posted by ganesh


Rich Kid yes but I don't think he got pushed to the top. His record speaks for him self. He didn't win the champion ship by 100 points because he is rich.

He may have an impressive record, but don't you think that him being rich was a significant factor in that?

Jetting all over Europe, training by the best coaches, always with the best equipment; FFS, having unlimited access to your dad's private race track... all from the age you could walk!

I don't begrudge him at all and think the whole thing is pretty awesome, but it's flatout not true that being rich didn't play a huge part in his success.

All the best to him from here on... Dad's probably happy to have someone else paying the bills now!

[danno]

I'm mostly jealous he was given the opportunity to drive from a young age. I feel that in sports it's a mix of raw talent and rich kids that had any sport handed to them.

I'm not knocking him down, he still had to work hard to get where he is, but I'm sure he jumped over kids more talented because his dad is a billionaire. Good for him I would do the same thing to if I was in his position.

[ganesh]

Originally posted by you&me


He may have an impressive record, but don't you think that him being rich was a significant factor in that?

Jetting all over Europe, training by the best coaches, always with the best equipment; FFS, having unlimited access to your dad's private race track... all from the age you could walk!

I don't begrudge him at all and think the whole thing is pretty awesome, but it's flatout not true that being rich didn't play a huge part in his success.

All the best to him from here on... Dad's probably happy to have someone else paying the bills now!

If you have no talent it doesn't matter how much is in your bank balance it will not get you anywhere.
Is it his fault that his dad is loaded with money? He got the seat purely on his merits not by any thing else.

[ganesh]

Originally posted by danno
I'm mostly jealous he was given the opportunity to drive from a young age. I feel that in sports it's a mix of raw talent and rich kids that had any sport handed to them.

I'm not knocking him down, he still had to work hard to get where he is, but I'm sure he jumped over kids more talented because his dad is a billionaire. Good for him I would do the same thing to if I was in his position.

Most of the rich and famous sportsman in the world were not born rich. In fact most of them came from average income families. There is always exception to the rule.

[redline]

Originally posted by ganesh
Canada's newest F1 Driver.
Reports indicate that he will be named as a driver for Williams in place of retiring Masa.
He will be the first Canadian F1 driver in the last 20 years

I know its not your sentence but he is not the last Canadian driver in the last 20yrs, JV retired 10 yrs ago and started in F1 20yrs ago

[ganesh]

Originally posted by redline


I know its not your sentence but he is not the last Canadian driver in the last 20yrs, JV retired 10 yrs ago and started in F1 20yrs ago

Yeah that's true. His last race was in 2006.

[ganesh]

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[danno]

I'm not talking wealthy, I'm talking parents that have access to enough money to put their kids in all the training and camps to play sports that get the advantage. But that is besides the point.

Does he have talent sure, does he have more than people behind him I highly doubt it. Why do you think you need to bring sponsors to get a seat in f1??

[Jlude]

He'll be with Ferrari in less than 5 years.