Paddock whisper denied that Lawrence Stroll may sell Aston Martin for $800m

Whispers at the F1 Qatar Grand Prix, report༒ed by , suggest that a newly-founded Saudi Arabian state fund could buy the Aston Martin F1 team, with a figure of at least $800m touted.
Aramco - the team’s spoജnsor - is heavily involved with the fund, it is reported.
“That is💯 not plไanned at the moment,” Stroll told F1-Insider about selling Aston Martin.
“Howeveꦰr, we were approached. Formula 1 is a sp🌸ort and a business that is on fire.”
Another spokesman added: “Lawrence has made it clear that a sale is out of 💦the ෴question.
“The sport is more popular than ever and the valu🍷e of the teams is constantly increasing. Nothing is planned.”

Stroll, the executive chairman of the F1 team, “lacks the motivation to further promote his son Lance's career” according to the repor🧸t.
And the driver’s mother is reportedly applying pressure for her son to step away from F1 afಌter a series of crashes.
The rumours are reported at a time where the main topic of discussion in F1 is the possible addition of Andretti as an ꧂11th team on the grid.
The current 10 teams ar𓆉e yet to finalise a decision but the concern is that an extra team would dilu𓄧te their earnings.
Stroll has already said “I believe if it isn't broken, you don't need to fi♐x it” and urged F1 to resist.

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from�ꦫ� American sports, to football, to F1.