Lance Stroll fumed on the team radio post-race after losing out on a possible podium finish for Aston Martin in the Formula 1 British Grand Prix.
Stroll began the 52-lap race from 17th on the grid, but the mixed conditions at Silverstone played out in favour of the Canadian.
The 26-year-old was running as high as third during the Grand Prix after Max Verstappen spun out at Stowe at the end of the second Safety Car period.
But as the weather cleared up and DRS was enabled, Stroll was forced to yield the position to Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg, with the former’s Intermediate tyres giving up.
“The Intermediate tyre, just losing 20 seconds of race time compared to the Sauber at one point in the race, just huge degradation,” he told media including Motorsport Week.
Stroll then lost a place to Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari prior to coming into the pits to return to slicks as the track dried.
But the last seven laps saw Stroll concede two more positions and drop down to seventh at the chequered flag, including a last-lap move pulled off by Alpine’s Pierre Gasly.
“Yeah crazy is an understatement, I mean it’s the worst piece of sh*t I’ve ever driven to be honest,” he barked back in response to his engineer on the cooldown lap.
Why Aston Martin lost out on British GP podium
The chequered flag saw Alonso back his team-mate up in ninth, making it a first double points finish for the Silverstone-based squad in 2025.
On the face of it, the result should have come as a welcome surprise for the team, given its struggles for scoring consistent points this season.
However, Stroll believes that while the team managed to execute a near-perfect race, the AMR25 eventually let him down.
“The Sauber had a lot more grip today, so they had a much faster car,” he conceded.
“I think the result was good. I think we had a lot of degradation and couldn’t really fight with that kind of degradation.
“That final stint [on the Softs] and also the Intermediate tyre, just loads of degradation. I think with the degradation we have, we couldn’t have gotten a better result, honestly.
“I was barely able to stay on the track at the end with the Soft tyre because it was just completely grained.
“So yeah, with that kind of degradation, it’s going to be hard to fight, but it’s a good result, good strategy calls, so that was good.”
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