Toto Wolff felt Vettel would \u2018thrive\u2019 at Aston Martin<\/a> after having a torrid end to his spell at Ferrari. While, at face value, his results with the Silverstone outfit did not stand out, he was regularly challenging for points, scoring an incredible podium at Baku in 2021.<\/p>\n The German outperformed Stroll<\/a> in his two seasons with the team, who struggled to find the same consistency. Vettel retired at the end of 2022 and was replaced by Fernando Alonso<\/a>, who helped turn Aston Martin into a strong frontrunner.<\/p>\n The Spaniard scored eight podiums and finished fourth in the standings in 2023 as Aston Martin took a major step forward in development. But again, Stroll could not match his teammate\u2019s performance levels as he failed to score a podium.<\/p>\n Alonso has brought a new edge to Aston Martin<\/a> that had not been seen while Vettel was at the team. But the two world champions, as well as Stroll, have all possessed the same trait behind the scenes, which shows their desire to push the team forward.<\/p>\n Speaking with the official F1 website<\/a>, engineer Ben Michell says the trio were all \u2018buried in the data\u2019 at the factory, even while the staff were on curfew. He says that it can be \u2018really valuable\u2019 for the drivers, and it helps the engineers to understand how much information to give them.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve had situations where I\u2019ve walked into the office and Fernando\u2019s sat there with his laptop and tapping his watch going \u2018where are you guys?\u2019 and we\u2019ve been on curfew!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSebastian Vettel was the same, Lance too, they\u2019ll be there buried in the data. Sometimes for them that\u2019s really valuable and gives them an insight and helps them. Sometimes it can just add noise that doesn\u2019t allow them to drive as freely as possible.<\/p>\n CategoryLance StrollFernando Alonso2025 points2626Grand Prix results59Grand Prix qualifying014Grand Prix wins00Grand Prix poles00Grand Prix podiums00Best finish6th5thRetirements03Retirements (classified finish)00Fastest laps00Widthdrawals 10Grand Prix points finishes45Sprint results30Sprint Qualifying12Sprint wins00Sprint poles00Sprint podiums00The 2025 F1 teammate head-to-head battle of Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso<\/p>\n \u201cWhat you have to understand \u2013 and that\u2019s part of the role of being a race engineer \u2013 is whether your driver is in a place to be receptive to that information, or do they just need to keep it very simple, and be able to just have a clearer focus to get the most out of the car?<\/p>\n \u201cIf there\u2019s particular challenges there might be a driver who says \u2018don\u2019t give me more info, just let me drive the car, and we\u2019ll get there\u2019. You get a feel for their mood depending on their body language and how they say hello in the morning. <\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s one of the key things you learn. Maybe today isn\u2019t the day to show him loads of aero plots, today\u2019s the day to just go, \u2018right, we\u2019ll go out, get a good gap on track and let you express yourself.\u2019<\/p>\n \u201cAnd there\u2019s days where that\u2019s the right approach, and then there\u2019s days where you need to go into the detail more, and you have to learn that \u2013 you don\u2019t always get it right, the same as in any relationship, some days you overstep but you talk about it and you learn from that.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll\u2019s life outside F1 from net worth to girlfriend<\/a><\/p>\n Aston Martin have struggled to reach the same heights as 2023 over the last two seasons. While they matched their fifth-place finish in 2024, they scored 186 fewer points.<\/p>\n It has been a frustrating season for the team thus far in 2025, with Alonso scoring his first points of the year in Barcelona. Stroll had been picking up points for Aston Martin, but his teammate has now equalled his points tally as the Silverstone outfit sits seventh in the standings.<\/p>\n Position Constructors’ Standings PointsPts 1 559 2 260 3 236 4 194 5 70 6 52 7 51 8 45 9 35 10 20 <\/p>\n Aston Martin enjoyed their strongest weekend of the season at the Hungarian GP as the duo reached Q3 and finished P5 and P7. Alonso congratulated Stroll<\/a> on social media for his performance; the team will be hoping that they have turned a corner in 2025 after an inconsistent start.<\/p>\n Team principal Andy Cowell<\/a> admits Aston Martin missed an opportunity with Adrian Newey<\/a> by not having him help develop their 2025 car. The legendary engineer is fully focused on the 2026 regulations<\/a> and turning the team into a title contender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lance Stroll is into his ninth season in Formula 1 in 2025 and his fifth with Aston Martin…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[572],"tags":[2495,64,63,845,10310,806,805,803,804,851,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-67954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-motosport","8":"tag-aston-martin","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-fernando-alonso","12":"tag-lance-stroll","13":"tag-motor","14":"tag-motor-sports","15":"tag-motosport","16":"tag-motosports","17":"tag-sebastian-vettel","18":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Sebastian](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-1435678334-1024x576.jpg\")
Photo by Dan Istitene \u2013 Formula 1\/Formula 1 via Getty ImagesLance Stroll is \u2018buried in the data\u2019 like Sebastian Vettel while Aston Martin engineers are on curfew<\/p>\n![\"Aston](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2217965935-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Kym Illman\/Getty ImagesAston Martin have already missed an opportunity with Adrian Newey to help Lance Stroll and Fernando Alonso<\/p>\n