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Stroll's seat was never in doubt
As news that Sergio Perez has been dropped in favour of Sebastian Vettel still sinks in, many are questioning whether the team ever considered dropping Lance Stroll, even though he is the son of team owner, Lawrence Stroll. Team boss, Otmar Szafnauer admits that this was never an option. 'Lance has been with us for a couple of years,' he told reporters. 'He's a young man at 21 years old, and yeah, his father does own the team, so when we looked to make a driver change, because Sebastian became available, it would have been Checo. There are options in his contract and those options didn't exist for Lance.' Referring to Vettel, he said: 'The idea came up after Ferrari announced that...
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