JV: Stroll finding out F1 not like running ‘watch brand’

With Aston Martin the only team yet to score this season, Jacques Villeneuve is the latest to claim that Lawrence Stroll is out of his depth.

Stroll bought the Force India team back in 2018, and it is fair to say he was buying a Formula 1 team that was known for punching above its weight.

But, as of Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix, they have now suffered their first run of five races without a single point since 2009.

Villeneuve, the 1997 Formula One World Champion, says the buck stops with team owner Lawrence Stroll.

“Running a team takes more than just money,” he told Formule1.nl, “as Lawrence Stroll is now finding out with Aston Martin.

“It is not a clothing chain or a watch brand, because it is much more complicated. Especially if you’re running a team for your son, finding solutions becomes all the more complicated.”

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THE CANADIANS CLASH!

Nicholas Latifi and Lance Stroll have a massive crash in Q1 of the #AustralianGP!#F1 pic.twitter.com/3ltX4CJDl9

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) April 9, 2022

Both Lance Stroll, the team owner’s son, and Sebastian Vettel had weekends to forget in Melbourne, both drivers crashing in FP3 before Stroll had a second accident in qualifying.

Vettel had his second of the weekend during the grand prix, a race in which his team-mate was penalised for weaving on the straight.

“Looking at this weekend you saw that Sebastian Vettel and Lance Stroll kept getting into trouble,”