Aston Martin told to address Lance Stroll “question mark” amid $1bn deal rumour
“Lon🅠g-term the biggest dilemma for them is the one surrounding Lance"

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Aston Martin must address 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lance Stroll’s long-term future if they are serious about becoming F1 ti﷽tle winne🔥rs, it has been claimed.
The ambitious Silverstone-based team denied a Daily Mail report that they have prepared an offer worth £1 billion to tempt 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen across from Red Bull.
However, the signing of car design genius Adrian Newey proves that Aston Martin are bullish abo🦹ut wi🃏nning drivers’ and constructors’ prizes.
However, deciding what to do with Stro🌌ll - the son of owner Lawrence Stroll - is key to plotting their route, they have been warned.
“The biggest question mark that Aston Martin will have to address,” Lewis Larkam told the Crash F1 podca🐬st.
“I spoke to Mike Krack in Abu Dhabi and he said critics are r🎐ight to say that the results aren’t matching what comes out.
“It’s a mid to long-term proje💧ct and 2026 is the focus. 2025 will probably be similar to what we’ve seen.
﷽“Long-term the biggest dilemma for them is the one surrou🦹nding Lance.
“His dad wilꦯl probably want to keep him in that seat. Lance, it’s hard toꦬ read him! He doesn’t look like he’s enjoying himself.
“But speaking to 🐷Mike in Abu Dhabi, it seems that it’s just the media side that [Lance] doesn’t enjoy.
“Ultimately if we’re talking about having the best driver line-up, and if they want to be ser🌳ious title contenders, I’d be picking Verstappen and Alonso, not replacing Alonso with Verstappen♚.
“That, to me, is the line-up that puts you in cont𝐆entiꦑon for at least the constructors’.
“Part of me thinks Lance would be a go♔od teammate for Max!
“He obviously wouldn’t challenge Max, and Max would lead the ch🅷arge. He’s shown at Red Bull he can do the heavy lifting of bagging points and winning points on his own.
“But from a purely competitive side, I don’t see where Lance fits in if they’re truly serious about becom♛ing serial winners.”
Max Verstappen 'interest' in Aston Martin?
There is no confirmation to Aston Martin’s interest in Verstappen, but the ಞoღnset of the 2026 regulations could level the playing field.
Aston Martin hope that Newey will✨ create them a car fast enough for the title, which in turn could tempt any driver on the grid.
“From Aston Martin’s perspective, of course they would be �💙�interested in signing Max,” Lewis Larkam added.
“ཧIf they are truly serious about having title ambitions in the future and becoming a front-running, race-winning team, then they need to have 🎀the best team. They are in the process of putting those building blocks in place with high-profile signings.
“They also need the best dri𝓰ver and there is no better driver than Max.
“From their point of view, they would aꦗbsolutely want Max.
“The bigger quest💞ion mark is whether Max wants🎃 that move.
“This season, the story of Verstapp📖en’s future wil𝔉l continue to rumble on.
“He is contracted to Red Bull until 2028 but꧋ contracts mean very little in F!
“He wants💝 to put himself in the best position to win.
“I do think the idea of a new challenge would appeal to him. He has men🉐tioned multiple times that outright success is not s🐭omething that drives him.
“Would he be interested in that🀅 project? I think he w༺ould be. The foundations are becoming a reality, everything we hear is very positive, they have brought in Adrian Newey.
“He didn𒈔’t rule out the possibility of one day reuniting with New🎃ey.
But clearly from a pure performa🌄nce point of view, Aston Martin are not there, at the moment. That’s something that Verstappen would have to factor in.
“I don’t think he’d join a team where Aston Martin cu🎶rrently are. Would it happen in 2026? That’s another question mark.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky 🥂Sports for a decade covering everything from American sports, to football, to F1.