I don't think Stroll is that bad a driver tbh, even allowing for being bankrolled by the Bank of Dad. If he wasn't half decent, he wouldn't be allowed to race - drivers have been pulled from the F1 grid because they were too slow / too dangerous, albeit not recently. I think the last one might have been in the 1990s at some point - a Japanese fella, but I can't remember his name.
I actually pity the guy somewhat, simply *because* of the fact that he's in his father's shadow. Personally, I wouldn't want that pressure on my shoulders. And I wonder just how good he could be away from his father - in WEC or IMSA or whatever else he might want to race. I suspect that Stroll Sr is "living the dream" through his son, because he himself either a) knows he isn't good enough or b) never had the opportunity as a younger man.
This situation is more common than one would think - there was a chap in late '80s F3000 who was being forced to race by his very wealthy dad (for the exact above reasons) or else lose his inheritance. The story was too ingrained in paddock gossip to not be true, and I know my sources are good.
