Stroll has competitive, F1-level speed, but he has struggled to translate that into consistency or in-race results. His three career podiums in four seasons with Williams and Racing Point are not unimpressive, but better in-race performance could have turned at least one of those podiums into a win.
Why is Stroll so bad?
Despite strong performances, the standings aren't particularly positive for Stroll. This is almost entirely due to the poor run of form he went on between his podium in Monza and his pole position in Istanbul, in which he failed to score a single point. This wasn't entirely his fault.
Is Stroll underrated?
If one were to look at Lance Stroll's motorsport career without any context, you would assume he's an extremely underrated driver who deserves a seat at one of F1's bigger teams. ... Stroll is a driver who's won a championship in every single formula car category he's competed in bar F1.