There was "a huge difference” between Vijay Mallya and Lawrence Stroll

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09:08, 27 Jan 2020

Otmar Szafnauer believes that Racing Point's name change from Force India at the start of the 2019 season wasn't the biggest change Lawrence Stroll brought to the team. The team boss has praised the Canadian for his management style and the changes he has made to the team.

Vijay Mallya was proud of his own Formula 1 team, but due to financial mismanagement, Force India were driven to the brink of collapse. Fortunately, the team was able to continue due to timely intervention by Sergio Perez and Lawrence Stroll.

“The biggest difference is that Lawrence is showing much more interest in what's going on in the team. He wants to understand all aspects of what we are doing," explains the Romanian to RaceFans.net.

A completely different approach

Lawrence Stroll is completely different to Mallya and is taking a much more hands-on approach.

“Vijay stayed more in the background and looked at the team from the big picture. He loved racing very much, so you saw him present at almost all races. But until the last two years, he could be found in the factory for four or five days a year.

"Lawrence now comes to the factory two to three days a week. So where Lawrence is between eight and ten days a month, Vijay was there five days a year. That's a huge difference.”

Pos.	Driver	Team	Points
1	Kimi Antonelli Kimi Antonelli	MercedesMER	131
2	George Russell George Russell	MercedesMER	88
3	Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc	FerrariFER	75
4	Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton	FerrariFER	72
5	Lando Norris Lando Norris	McLarenMCL	58
6	Oscar Piastri Oscar Piastri	McLarenMCL	48
7	Max Verstappen Max Verstappen	Red Bull RacingRBR	43
8	Pierre Gasly Pierre Gasly	AlpineALP	20
9	Oliver Bearman Oliver Bearman	HaasHAA	18
10	Liam Lawson Liam Lawson	Racing BullsRCB	16
11	Franco Colapinto Franco Colapinto	AlpineALP	15
12	Isack Hadjar Isack Hadjar	Red Bull RacingRBR	14
13	Carlos Sainz Carlos Sainz	WilliamsWIL	6
14	Arvid Lindblad Arvid Lindblad	Racing BullsRCB	5
15	Gabriel Bortoleto Gabriel Bortoleto	AudiAUD	2
16	Esteban Ocon Esteban Ocon	HaasHAA	1
17	Alexander Albon Alexander Albon	WilliamsWIL	1
18	Nico Hulkenberg Nico Hulkenberg	AudiAUD	0
19	Valtteri Bottas Valtteri Bottas	CadillacCAD	0
20	Sergio Perez Sergio Perez	CadillacCAD	0
21	Lance Stroll Lance Stroll	Aston MartinAST	0
22	Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso	Aston MartinAST	0

There was "a huge difference” between Vijay Mallya and Lawrence Stroll

A completely different approach

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