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Aston MartinLance Stroll is a Canadian Formula One driver racing for Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team. He has over 170 race starts, three podiums, and one pole position to his name. He is the son of Lawrence Stroll, billionaire businessman and owner of the Aston Martin F1 Team.
His junior career produced three consecutive championships in three seasons. His F1 career has produced moments of genuine brilliance alongside extended difficult periods, largely tied to the fortunes of the machinery around him.
| Full legal name | Lance Strulovitch |
| Date of birth | 29 October 1998 |
| Birthplace | Montreal, Canada |
| Height | 182cm |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Current team | Aston Martin Aramco F1 Team |
| Car number | #18 |
| Base | Geneva, Switzerland |
| Father | Lawrence Stroll (Aston Martin F1 Team owner) |
| Mother | Claire-Anne Callens (Belgian fashion designer) |
Stroll was born Lance Strulovitch in Montreal into a wealthy family. His father Lawrence is a Canadian entrepreneur and fashion industry investor who built a significant fortune before turning his attention to motorsport. His mother Claire-Anne Callens is a Belgian fashion designer.
He developed an appetite for speed from an early age and began karting at ten. His karting mentor was Mike Wilson, the six-time World Karting Champion who had previously mentored a young Fernando Alonso in Spain. The same coach shaped both drivers who would eventually become teammates at Aston Martin.
Stroll won numerous regional and national titles in Canada and North America, including the Federation de Sport Automobile du Quebec Rookie of the Year award in 2008 and the Driver of the Year award in 2009. His results attracted the attention of the Ferrari Driver Academy, which signed him as a member in 2010 at age twelve, one of the youngest drivers the programme had taken on.
Stroll made his competitive car racing debut in the 2014 Florida Winter Series, a non-championship series run by the Ferrari Driver Academy, racing against future F1 drivers including Nicholas Latifi and Max Verstappen. He then entered the Italian F4 Championship with Prema, taking seven wins, thirteen podiums, and five pole positions to win the title before the season was even complete. He missed the final round due to injury and won anyway.
Stroll opened 2015 by winning the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing Series with ten podiums including four wins from sixteen starts. He then contested a full season of FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema, winning one race at Hockenheim and finishing fifth in the championship. He also made a one-off appearance at the Macau Grand Prix Formula 3 race and competed at the 24 Hours of Daytona with Ford Chip Ganassi Racing, finishing fifth.
At the end of the year, he left the Ferrari Driver Academy to join Williams as a test driver, a move that signalled a clear path toward an F1 race seat.
Stroll returned to Prema for a second F3 season and dominated. He took fourteen victories and twenty podiums across the year, including five consecutive wins to close out the championship. He won the title by 187 points over Maximilian Gunther, becoming the first Canadian to win the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. His margin of victory and the manner of his closing run left no ambiguity about the result. Williams confirmed his promotion to a race seat for 2017.
Stroll made his F1 debut at the 2017 Australian Grand Prix alongside Felipe Massa, becoming the second-youngest driver in history to start a Formula One race. The opening rounds were difficult. He retired from the first three races and the learning curve was steep. He scored his first points at his home race in Canada with ninth.
The following round in Azerbaijan changed the story entirely. In a chaotic race that eliminated several frontrunners, Stroll ran as high as second before Valtteri Bottas overtook him in the final laps. He crossed the line third. At 18 years and 239 days, he was the second-youngest driver in F1 history to score a podium, behind only Max Verstappen. He was also the youngest rookie to do so.
At the Italian Grand Prix, he qualified second and started from the front row at 18 years and 310 days, the youngest driver in F1 history to start a race from the front row. He finished the season twelfth overall with 40 points, three behind teammate Massa.
The 2018 Williams FW41 was one of the weakest cars on the grid. The team scored just seven points all season and finished last in the constructors standings. Stroll's best result was eighth in Azerbaijan. He left Williams at the end of the year as his father's consortium completed its acquisition of Force India.
Lawrence Stroll led the group that purchased Force India mid-2018 and rebranded it as Racing Point for 2019. Lance joined the team for the start of that season. Points came infrequently in 2019, with a best finish of fourth in Germany at Hockenheim a rare highlight.
The 2020 season brought his most competitive machinery yet. The RP20 was fast and built on similar principles to the Mercedes W10. Stroll scored points in seven of the first eight races.
At the Turkish Grand Prix in wet conditions, he delivered his most striking qualifying performance, taking his first and Racing Point's first ever pole position by 0.290 seconds from Max Verstappen. He led 32 of 58 laps before unreported front wing damage caused severe tyre graining. The damage was only discovered post-race. He finished ninth having been in contention for victory.
He added his second career podium at Monza with third place in the Italian Grand Prix, then closed the season with a third podium at the Sakhir Grand Prix, benefitting from tyre problems for the leading Mercedes cars. At the Bahrain Grand Prix, his car was flipped after contact with Daniil Kvyat on the restart. He walked away without injury.
Racing Point became Aston Martin for 2021, returning the historic British marque to Formula One for the first time in over 60 years. Stroll was joined by four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel. The AMR21 suffered aerodynamic issues early in the season. Stroll reached the points in nine of 22 races and finished thirteenth in the championship, with a best result of sixth in Qatar.
Stroll took eight top-ten finishes in 2022 and delivered a strong qualifying performance at the United States Grand Prix, which earned him a top-five grid position. The season was solid without being spectacular. He finished thirteenth in the championship.
Stroll sustained fractures to both hands and feet in a cycling accident during the pre-season. He pushed through rehabilitation to make the grid for Bahrain, the opening race, with zero testing completed. He finished sixth. The result, given the physical circumstances, was one of the most quietly impressive performances of his F1 career.
Fernando Alonso joined as his new teammate and the Aston Martin AMR23 was immediately competitive. Stroll delivered consistent points-scoring drives throughout the year, including a remarkable opening lap charge at the inaugural Las Vegas Grand Prix. He withdrew from the Singapore Grand Prix after a qualifying crash. He finished the season tenth in the championship, his best career result, though 132 points behind fourth-placed Alonso.
Aston Martin's competitiveness declined sharply in both 2024 and 2025 as the team prioritised development for the 2026 regulations. Stroll did not score a point in the final eleven races of 2024 and finished the year with 24 points. The low point of the season was a crash on the formation lap of a wet Sao Paulo Grand Prix.
The 2025 season was similarly difficult. Stroll scored points in the opening two races in Australia and China and on four further occasions across the year. He withdrew from qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix due to wrist pain. He finished sixteenth in the championship with 33 points. The strongest note of the year came at the close: consecutive fifth-place finishes at Brazil and Las Vegas showed what he can produce when conditions and machinery align.
Adrian Newey has joined Aston Martin as Technical Director ahead of the 2026 technical reset, and Stroll enters his tenth F1 season partnering Alonso for a fourth consecutive year. The team has publicly committed to competing at the front of the grid under the new regulations. Whether the AMR26 delivers on that ambition will define this season and, for Stroll, potentially much more than that.
Stroll is based in Geneva. He is known for being relatively private off-track, with his public profile shaped largely by his racing results and his father's prominent role in the sport. He is a keen cyclist, though a pre-season cycling accident in 2023 illustrated the risks that can carry for a racing driver.
He is a fan of streetwear and music and has cultivated a personal brand that sits outside the traditional F1 driver mould. His reported salary from Aston Martin financial filings was confirmed at US $12.3 million for 2025.
| Year | Team | Races | Wins | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Williams | 20 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 12th |
| 2018 | Williams | 21 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 18th |
| 2019 | Racing Point | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15th |
| 2020 | Racing Point | 17 | 0 | 2 | 75 | 11th |
| 2021 | Aston Martin | 22 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13th |
| 2022 | Aston Martin | 22 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 15th |
| 2023 | Aston Martin | 22 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 10th |
| 2024 | Aston Martin | 24 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 17th |
| 2025 | Aston Martin | 22 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16th |
| 2026 | Aston Martin | — | — | — | — | In progress |
Career totals: 0 wins, 1 pole, 3 podiums, 170+ race starts
Last updated March 2026
