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Former Ferrari and Williams team manager Peter Windsor has hinted that Aston Martin owner Lawrence Stroll may not be very happy with the way the season has gone so far now, despite the surprise success of Fernando Alonso.

The Spaniard scored back-to-back podiums in his first two races for the team, although Stroll's son Lance was not so lucky.

"At the end [of the Saudi Arabian GP], with all the Aston Martin mechanics in green in front of the podium and Fernando being Mr Charm, Mr Charisma with the fluorescent green Aston Martin cap and the smile and the fair look hundred million dollars, you must have been thinking, 'not sure Stroll Sr will be that happy with the way things are going right now,'" Windsor theorized on his channel.

"It's Fernando almost getting bigger than the team and [Stroll will think] what's going on with my son? Why did he retire? What's going on? he?"