Stroll wants dream team at Aston Martin: 'Would be crazy not to want him'

Aston Martin is investing heavily in the team. Team owner Lawrence Stroll doesn't want to leave anything to chance to bring his team to the top. He is also prepared to pay dearly for this.

Exactly how much the drivers in Formula 1 earn always remains somewhat unclear anyway. It's not much different at Aston Martin. In response to questions from Motorsport-Total.com Stroll doesn't want to say much about the salary of star driver Sebastian Vettel. "Is he our most expensive employee? Yes." And that's all. Vettel's annual salary is estimated at 13 million euros.

With Vettel's shaky start to the season, you might ask yourself if Stroll was getting value for money, but the Canadian billionaire is very happy with the German driver. "He had a slow start to the season, but he's up to speed now. Yes, he is our most expensive man, but he is doing a great job."

So Stroll is not afraid to spend a lot of money on his Formula One project and he is secretly dreaming of a dream team at Aston Martin in the form of Vettel and Lewis Hamilton. "Bringing Lewis in is something I can absolutely imagine. It would be crazy not to want Lewis driving for you."

Most recently, Hamilton criticised drivers such as Nikita Mazepin, Lance Stroll and Nicholas Latifi, calling Formula 1 a "club of billionaire sons". However, Stroll senior still took the criticism as an insult. "I don't know exactly how Lewis intended his statement, but it is true that it is a capital-intensive sport. Racing is definitely a very expensive business."