F1 | Prost defends Stroll: “It's difficult at the beginning for everyone, he's improving now”

The four-time world champion Alain Prost (1985-86-89-93) took the defenses di Lance Stroll. The Frenchman, in fact, thinks it's the debut for the driver Williams both naturally difficult, and because of the much psychological pressure and criticism due to the role that his father had in his arrival formula 1 and for the poor results obtained at the beginning.

Now, however, the Canadian is doing well and precisely for this reason Cheers he intervened to calm the controversy: “It was criticized before it even started,” he told the newspaper Le Journal de Montreal. “I said before the season that it would be difficult for him to deal with his age and inexperience. It's true that he tested a car in 2014, but he has learned a lot in this period, especially with these faster cars. In Formula 1 it is obvious that it is difficult to start. See also Stoffel Vandoorne. But he is doing better,” added Prost.

“We just have to give it some time, we can judge it with the results by the end of the year and especially next year,” he added. “His progress today cannot yet be judged.”

But the podium conquered by Stroll a Baku is really noteworthy: “It's not hurting at the moment. In Baku he was one of the few drivers who didn't make a single mistake,” he concluded.

Fabiola Granier