Lawrence Stroll’s $300,000,000 Risk Tipped to Pay Off as Fernando Alonso & Co. Yet to Unleash Its Full Potential: “That Is Encouraging”

Fernando Alonso is having the time of his life in Formula 1 currently. The 41-year-old feels rejuvenated with Aston Martin and is consistently delivering podiums. A lot of credit for the Spaniard’s performance also goes to the incredible AMR23. Although, the car is the byproduct of the professionals and the facilities that produce such an incredible piece of machinery. We are all aware of the mega $300 million investment that Lawrence Stroll made for his state-of-the-art factory. However, Aston Martin’s ambassador Pedro de la Rosa revealed an interesting piece of information about the new factory.

There is no doubt the new factory is a thing of beauty and an astonishing piece of architecture. In fact, the combined four buildings will cover 400 meters of land. Although the current results by the team cannot be credited to the factory revealed De la Rosa in the F1 Nation podcast.

The host Tom Clarkson revealed, “I was blown away by the facilities there now. Last time I was there, it was the old Jordan factory. Now it’s some space-age mega building… The new Aston Martin building, when it’s finished, all four buildings, it’s going to be 400 meters long. It’s quite extraordinary!”

Pedro de la Rosa seconded the opinion and said, “It is, it’s extraordinary! Those 400 meters will be linear and you could go walking from one side to the other… But also I think that what is most extraordinary is Tom, is the fact that we are achieving all these results without using the new facility. This is something that people really don’t know. They think that Aston Martin’s performance is related to the new tools that the team has, but actually, those tools are still yet to be used. So that is encouraging.”

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The factory is still not under use, which can be a scary prospect for the competition. Although, according to the entire F1 community, the Silverstone-based team’s performance is already impressive.

Rivals of Fernando Alonso surprised by above-expectation performance all thanks to the gamble by Lawrence Stroll

The pace of the Aston Martin in testing shocked the entire grid. Alonso proved in Bahrain the pre-season testing wasn’t a fluke. The three back-to-back podiums for the Spaniard have surprised the entire grid. But the man behind the success is definitely Lawrence Stroll.

Speaking to the media, the 96 world champion Damon Hill said, “Lawrence Stroll put his money where it belongs and he built this team thinking of it as a future top team. Everyone told him, ‘Lawrence, you know you’re going to lose a lot of money’. But he proved everyone wrong.”

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The massive investment will definitely pay off because without the team is already challenging the front runners. It will be exciting to see what leaps Aston Martin takes once they tap into the potential of their new facility.