F1 star Stroll ‘considers transfer into tennis’ and should battle Djokovic and Alcaraz

Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll is reportedly contemplating swapping Formula 1 for tennis, in what can be a significant change for the Canadian driver who has a novel relationship together with his group. Stroll has struggled to match his team-mate Fernando Alonso this season and is sat over 100 factors behind the Spaniard, as he’s mentioned to be mulling over his future in motorsport.

Stroll is the one driver on the grid with no conventional contract together with his group, as his father Lawrence owns the Aston Martin F1 group and his son has a rolling contract as an alternative of a hard and fast deal. Stroll Snr is a billionaire who made his fortune in fashionwear, who employed his son at Force India which was then rebranded to Aston Martin in 2021.

Stroll Jnr is but to complete greater than fourth this season whereas Alonso had been battling on the prime of the grid, and the Canadian is sat ninth within the standings and questions have been raised over his future within the sport. There have even been rumours that he may take up tennis as an alternative, probably difficult the likes of Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz having already proved he can compete on the highest degree in a single sport for seven years.

The Race have claimed that though Stroll is lagging behind Alonso, as a result of nature of his relationship to possession he’s solely prone to go away the group voluntarily regardless of being on a rolling contract together with his dad’s group.

However, there are murmurs across the paddock that he’s contemplating a sensational change to tennis – which might open up the seat to one in every of his rivals. However, it isn’t seen that Stroll is conserving anybody off the grid who belongs in his seat, regardless of having the job safety that so a lot of his fellow drivers can solely dream of.

Despite the suggestion that Stroll may stop F1 for tennis, he’s at this weekend’s Dutch Grand Prix regardless of issues after he picked up an an infection and was absent from media duties on Thursday.