Lance Stroll 2026: Aston Martin Results and Season | Formula Dream
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Lance Stroll's 2026 season, measured: thirteen non-finishes in nineteen races, the most on the grid
Lance Stroll has failed to finish thirteen of nineteen races in 2026, four more than any other driver, in an Aston Martin shaken by vibration from Honda's new power unit. His best result is twelfth, at Sepang. Every race, measured, and the radio.
Lance Stroll has been classified at the finish of six Grands Prix in 2026. He has failed to finish the other thirteen, four more than any other driver.
The car is the reason most often given. Aston Martin's AMR26 is built around Honda's new power unit, and vibration from it has been blamed for damaging other parts of the car and for the drivers' hands: before the season, Stroll said he could manage about 15 consecutive laps before it became a risk. Seventeen races in, he has no points, his best result is twelfth at Sepang, and he has started last seven times.
Every message he exchanged with his engineer on air this season, from the Canadian Grand Prix onward, is on Lance Stroll's team radio page, with the audio and a transcript coloured by who is speaking.
Every race of his 2026 season
The first seven rounds:
Round
Grand Prix
Started
Finished
Points
1
Australian
22nd
Not classified
0
2
Chinese
20th
Retired
0
3
Japanese
22nd
Retired
0
4
Miami
18th
17th
0
5
Canadian
22nd
15th
0
6
Monaco
22nd
Retired
0
7
Barcelona
21st
Retired
0
Grand Prix results only. In Australia he ran to the end but completed too few laps to be classified.
Rounds 8 to 19:
Round
Grand Prix
Started
Finished
Points
8
Austrian
22nd
Retired
0
9
British
22nd
19th
0
10
Belgian
20th
Retired
0
11
Hungarian
20th
13th
0
12
Dutch
19th
Retired
0
13
Italian
18th
Retired
0
14
Spanish (Madrid)
21st
Retired
0
15
Azerbaijan
22nd
Retired
0
16
Bahrain (at Sepang)
14th
12th
0
17
Singapore
21st
Retired, lap 36
0
18
United States
22nd
15th
0
19
Mexico City
19th
Retired, lap 7
0
Starting positions are the grid after penalties, on a 22-car grid.
The season in numbers
0 points, one of three drivers yet to score, with Sergio Perez and Valtteri Bottas.
13 non-finishes from 19 races, the most on the grid. Bottas is next on 9.
6 classified finishes: Miami, Canada, Silverstone, Hungary, Sepang and Austin.
Best result: 12th, in the rain-hit Bahrain Grand Prix at Sepang, from fourteenth on the grid. Before that it was 13th in Hungary.
Started last 8 times, most recently in Austin. His highest start is fourteenth, at Sepang, the only time he has started higher than eighteenth.
Sprints: finished the first five, best sixteenth in Canada, then did not complete a lap of the Singapore sprint.
The car
Aston Martin's season has been shaped by its power unit. Adrian Newey, now at the team, has described Honda's engine as the source of the vibration: "It's the amplifier. The chassis is, in that scenario, the receiver." The shaking has been blamed for damaging other components, and it reaches the drivers too. Fernando Alonso put his own limit at about 25 laps before the season, and withdrew from the Chinese Grand Prix because of it. Honda has said there will be no major upgrade before 2027.
At the Dutch Grand Prix Alonso was ninth, the team's best result until his eighth at Sepang. Stroll's race ended in retirement, and before that he questioned why he had been called into the pits:
"I don't understand why you boxed". Then: "Like, we said that the Cadillacs would be a problem." His engineer explained the thinking: "We thought we were struggling so much on the soft. We thought the hard would give us better performance." Every message from the race is in the Dutch Grand Prix 2026 race radio.
Against Alonso
The comparison is thin because Stroll has finished so rarely. In the five races both Aston Martins were classified, Alonso was ahead three times, in Miami, at Silverstone and at Sepang, and Stroll twice, in Hungary and in Austin. Alonso has all seven of the team's points. His season, and his future, are measured in Fernando Alonso's 2026.
How he got here
Stroll has driven for the team since it was Racing Point in 2019, and it became Aston Martin in 2021. He has three career podiums: third at Baku in 2017 for Williams, and third at Monza and in Sakhir in 2020 for Racing Point.
What is left
In Mexico City he stopped at turn 6 on lap 7, a lap after Alonso had been called in, and brought out a virtual safety car. Four rounds remain: Sao Paulo, Las Vegas, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Aston Martin are tenth of eleven constructors on 7 points. The team's season is in Aston Martin's 2026. The full table is in the 2026 standings.
What this measures, and what it does not
Results, grid positions and points come from formula1.com's official results and starting grids, and match the published standings after the Mexico City Grand Prix.
A non-finish includes crashes as well as failures, and counts a car that was not classified. The classification records that a car stopped, not why.
Quotes are taken only from lines where the speaker label and the words agree.
Frequently asked questions
What team does Lance Stroll drive for in 2026?
Aston Martin, alongside Fernando Alonso.
How many races has Lance Stroll finished in 2026?
Six of nineteen. He has failed to finish thirteen, the most of any driver.
Has Lance Stroll scored points in 2026?
Not in the first nineteen races. His best result is twelfth at the Bahrain Grand Prix, held at Sepang in Malaysia.
Why is the Aston Martin unreliable in 2026?
The team has blamed vibration from Honda's new power unit, which has damaged other parts of the car. Adrian Newey called the engine "the amplifier" and the chassis "the receiver".
Sources
Results, grid positions and points: Formula 1 timing data via FastF1, and formula1.com results, matching the published standings after the 2026 Mexico City Grand Prix
Every radio message quoted: our own team radio archive
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Every Miami Grand Prix winner, measured: five races, and pole has won only one of them
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Lance StrollAston Martin · Dutch Grand Prix 2026 · Race · 16:10:20 local
DriverI don't understand why you boxed
Engineerme,
Driverman. Like, we said that the Cadillacs would be a problem. We didn't.
EngineerI understood, Lance. We thought we were struggling so much on the soft. We thought the hard would give us better performance. I think your pace now is going to be good. But that was the choice we took at the time.
