Fernando Alonso has leapt to the defence of his teammate - and employer's son - insisting that Lance Stroll has been "unlucky".

Six races in and while the Spaniard is third in the standings his team is just one point ahead of Mercedes with Ferrari also within striking distance.

Of the Silverstone-based outfit's 120 points, Alonso has contributed 93 (77%), while also out-qualifying his young teammate at every race thus far.

Indeed, other than DNFs in Jeddah and Monaco, Stroll's best result was in Australia where he finished fourth, as a result some are already saying that his lack of results is compromising the team and that if it was any other outfit he would be under intense pressure from management, think Red Bull.

However, Alonso, who has previously claimed that Stroll has championship winning potential, has leapt to the youngster's defence.

"I think Lance has been very, very unlucky the last two events," the Spaniard told reporters as the Spanish Grand Prix weekend got underway.

"He has provided the right feedback, info and strategy about everything," he added.

"So I really hope for him that he has a little more luck because I don't think that he's missing any pace. It's just opportunistic moments that were not on his side."

"It's luck," insisted Stroll, "things happen in racing and we had some tough weekends, we had our retirement in Jeddah.

"I think it's just how it goes. There's good weekends and bad weekends and like every other weekend I'm just coming into this one trying to get the most out of it."

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1. Posted by Toado, 03/06/2023 9:16

"Stroll is way better than some "fans" think he is. He has done pretty well compared to some much lauded peers and clearly works well with Alonso. Luck has lots to do with it, always has ... "

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2. Posted by Burton, 02/06/2023 17:55

"@wokingchap why, Teflonso, of course... :P there's not slagging and there's over the top brown-nosing..and what for? Should AM come up with the second coming of the MP4/4, Alonso will make way for Yuji Ide, to clear the way for Lance..."

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3. Posted by Defiant, 02/06/2023 17:03

"Surely even a fathers love has it's limits when it comes to F1 and millions of dollars?

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4. Posted by Wokingchap, 02/06/2023 13:50

"@Burton......Stroll or the Spaniard?

He's hardly able to slag off the boss's son."

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5. Posted by Burton, 02/06/2023 12:28

"What a tiresome individual..."

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