I think the important thing is for me to recognise that and use it as positive energy, just to use it as fuel and try and prove people wrong,” Stroll says. Racing Point have enjoyed an excellent year, topped by Sunday’s first race win in Bahrain. They have nearly tripled their points tally from last season with one race still to go – but Stroll wants more. I don’t think any of us, well I know I definitely wouldn’t compete if I didn’t want to be world champion and win races,” says Stroll. “He’s demonstrated that with his runs of pole positions, race wins and so on and you can’t really argue it.

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