Lance Stroll

Lance Strulovitch (born 29 October 1998), better known as Lance Stroll, is a Canadian and Belgian racing driver competing under the Canadian flag in Formula One.

He has driven for Aston Martin since, having previously driven for Williams and Racing Point.

He recorded numerous race and championship wins in his native Canada and North America and in 2008, his first year of karting, he won the Federation de Sport Automobile du Quebec rookie of the year award and driver of the year in 2009.

He was part of the Ferrari Driver Academy from 2010 to 2015.

In 2010, Stroll became a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.

He was Italian F4 champion in 2014, Toyota Racing Series champion in 2015, and 2016 FIA European Formula 3 champion.

Stroll's car racing debut came in the 2014 Florida Winter Series, a non-championship series organized by the Ferrari Driver Academy.

He raced against future Formula One competitors Nicholas Latifi and Max Verstappen, and took two podium finishes as well as pole position at Homestead–Miami Speedway.

Stroll made his competitive car racing debut in the 2014 Italian F4 Championship, driving for Prema Powerteam.

Despite missing the final round due to injury, Stroll emerged as series champion, taking seven race wins, thirteen podium finishes, and five pole positions.

At the beginning of 2015, Stroll won the New Zealand-based Toyota Racing series, recording 10 podiums – including four wins – from 16 race starts.

In the same year, he also contested the FIA Formula 3 European Championship with Prema Powerteam, in which his father by this time had taken a stake.

He competed against future Formula One competitors Antonio Giovinazzi, Charles Leclerc, George Russell and Alexander Albon, winning one race at the Hockenheimring and achieving six total podium finishes in the 33-race series.

He ended the season 5th in the championship.

2015 also marked Stroll's first and only appearance at the non-championship Formula Three Macau Grand Prix, in which he finished in 8th place.

On 11 November 2015, it was announced that Stroll would leave the Ferrari Driver Academy to serve as a test driver for Williams.

Stroll also competed in endurance racing, taking part in the 24 Hours of Daytona in 2016 and 2018.

Stroll is the son of Canadian billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll (part-owner of the Aston Martin Formula One team) and Belgian fashion designer Claire-Anne Callens, and has an older sister named Chloe.

His parents are divorced and his father has since remarried to Raquel Diniz.

He is of Russian Jewish descent from his father's side.

Stroll races under the Canadian flag and holds both Canadian and Belgian citizenship.

He is multilingual, speaking English, French, Dutch, and Italian.

Like many race drivers, the Geneva-based Canadian began his motorsport career in karting at the age of 10.

Stroll began 2016 by finishing 5th at the 2016 24 Hours of Daytona, driving for Ford Chip Ganassi Racing in a Ford EcoBoost Prototype.

He remained with Prema Powerteam for a third consecutive year to compete in his second season of the Formula 3 European Championship.

He won the first race at Circuit Paul Ricard before taking thirteen more race victories over the season, including five consecutive victories in the final five races.

He claimed the title with four races to go and ended the season 187 points clear of nearest competitor Maximilian Günther.

Throughout the season, Stroll and his team were accused of manufacturing his title via team orders to his teammates, which was highlighted by George Russell, who stated at Le Castellet, where Stroll had inherited the lead from a slowing Nick Cassidy, who ended up finishing second, that "it's not a fair fight".

He achieved his first podium finish, a 3rd place, at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix, becoming the second-youngest driver to finish an F1 race on the podium and the youngest to do so during his rookie season.

Stroll drove for the Williams team for the 2017 Formula One season, partnering Felipe Massa.

He became the first Canadian Formula One driver since the World Drivers' Champion Jacques Villeneuve.

Reportedly, Stroll's father Lawrence Stroll paid $80 million to Williams prior to his Formula One debut.

Stroll crashed in practice for his debut race, the, and received a grid penalty as this necessitated an unscheduled gearbox change.

He retired from the race with a brake failure.

Two more retirements followed after collisions with Sergio Pérez at the and Carlos Sainz Jr.. at the.

Stroll's first race finish came at the, where he finished in eleventh despite spinning on the first lap.

He retired with a brake failure at the, but was still classified fifteenth.

Stroll scored his first Formula One points at his home Grand Prix in Montreal, finishing in ninth place.

At the, Stroll had run in second place in the closing laps, but was passed by Valtteri Bottas just metres from the finish line.

At the 2020 Turkish Grand Prix, Stroll took his first pole position in Formula One.