{"id":133040,"date":"2025-05-26T10:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133040\/"},"modified":"2025-05-26T10:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T10:46:07","slug":"midfield-f1-star-slammed-for-being-predictably-nowhere-in-monaco-gp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/133040\/","title":{"rendered":"Midfield F1 star slammed for being \u201cpredictably nowhere\u201d in Monaco GP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">F1<\/a> team manager Peter Windsor has taken aim at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\/racer\/1606\/lance-stroll\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lance Stroll <\/a>for being \u201cpredictably nowhere\u201d during the Monaco Grand Prix.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It was a tough weekend for Stroll, who failed to make it out of Q1 for Aston Martin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Canadian was hit with two grid penalties for impeding ahead of the race, meaning he was always set for a difficult Sunday in the principality.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stroll pitted early, but the tactics used by Racing Bulls and then Williams didn\u2019t work in his favour.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Speaking on his YouTube channel after the race, Windsor was unimpressed by Stroll\u2019s performance on a weekend where Adrian Newey was present trackside for Aston Martin for the first time.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was also a bad weekend for Aston Martin even though Alonso did that heroic job in qualifying,\u201d Windsor said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cHe was running pretty well, would have been comfortably in the points, but stopped out on the circuit with a blown Mercedes engine in the Aston Martin.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cLance Stroll was predictably nowhere as ever in all that traffic stuff as well.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cSo, not a good weekend for Aston Martin in front of Adrian Newey, who was there as I say all weekend on parade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stroll reflects on tough Monaco weekend<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">While it was another difficult weekend for Stroll, he has scored 100 per cent of Aston Martin\u2019s points in 2025.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Stroll made the most of a chaotic Australian GP to come away with sixth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Similarly, in China, the double disqualification for Ferrari promoted Stroll to ninth.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crash.net\/f1\/racer\/1\/fernando-alonso\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fernando Alonso<\/a> has been desperately unlucky.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The two-time world champion was on course for his first points of the year but was forced to retire due to a power unit issue.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt\u2019s Monaco, so when you have a tough Saturday, you know Sunday will always be a challenge,\u201d Stroll reflected.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIt was always going to be tricky starting from the back of the grid and it was not an exciting race with very few opportunities that could help us gain more positions today.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe now turn the page and focus on Barcelona in a week\u2019s time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to our F1 Newsletter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former F1 team manager Peter Windsor has taken aim at Lance Stroll for being \u201cpredictably nowhere\u201d during 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