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Lance Stroll will have a new race engineer following this weekend’s 2024 Australian Grand Prix, as Ben Michell has been promoted.
Lance Stroll confirmed that the upcoming Australian Grand Prix will mark the end of his three-year partnership with race engineer Ben Michell. Michell has been Stroll’s race engineer at Aston Martin since 2021, previously serving as the team’s senior performance engineer. Following a promotion, Michell will now become Aston’s head of performance optimization from the Japanese Grand Prix onwards. Andrew Vizard, currently senior performance engineer at Aston Martin and a former race engineer at Williams, will step in as Stroll’s new race engineer. Stroll expressed confidence in Vizard’s ability to seamlessly transition into the role after a thorough preparation period. With Stroll’s personal ties to Australia through his sister’s marriage to snowboarder Scott James, the Australian Grand Prix has a special significance for him, feeling almost like a second home race. Stroll appreciates the atmosphere and energy in Australia, despite the challenges of travel and jetlag.
