Stroll receives more heavy criticism: 'Aston Martin must make a change'

"No", Timo Glock answered clearly when he was asked on Sky Sports Germany about should Aston Martin move forward with Stroll as one of their drivers.

The Canadian who returned to racing after missing the Spanish Grand Prix, once again was in the spotlight after his crash in FP2 in Montreal.

"From a sporting point of view, he is not at the level he should be after being active in Formula 1 for so long. He has been clearly defeated (by his teammate) multiple times and has also not been able to convince in terms of consistency," Glock continued.

"There is always a weekend it seems he is getting closer to Fernando Alonso, but over a whole year, he is just too far off and too inconsistent. He also makes too many mistakes. In the current situation, adjustments have to be made to be successful," the German advised to the ambitious team.

So far in 2025, even as the Canadian managed to capitalise more on certain weekends and has more points in the standings, he is 0-9 behind in their qualifying battle, and 1-4 down in terms of the Grands Prix that were representative, as Alonso had much bad luck throughout the current campaign.

Stroll could somewhat get close to Sebastian Vettel in 2022, but since Alonso joined, the two-time world champion has the undisputed advantage, despite being 43 years old and towards the end of his career in the competition.