Stroll: You have to give Honda the necessary time

Stroll has been spending lavishly on his F1 outfit in terms of facilities and personnel, building a state-of-the-art headquarters in Silverstone while hiring Adrian Newey to lead the design efforts, while recently adding the Team Principal role to his tasks.

Former Mercedes engine guru Andy Cowell is also on board as Chief Strategy Officer after a brief period as Team Principal.

With Honda now becoming a works partner, the 2026 season is the first chance for Stroll to realize his dreams, as it will be the first season with almost all the parts of the puzzle in place, with new regulations kicking in with a full reset to the pecking order.

But the Canadian billionaire remains grounded, admitting everything will need time to gel and is willing to be patient, which wasn't the case when Honda returned to F1 with McLaren back in 2015 when Ron Dennis rushed them to join when they were not ready and struggled as a result.

"We're really looking forward to next year with a huge rule change," Stroll said. "It's going to be another big step forward.

"We have Honda as our power unit partner; we're going to be a works team for the first time ever; it's a completely different experience.

"Designing a chassis that fits a power unit is one thing, as opposed to having a customer engine and simply receiving it. You need time and patience for all of this to come together.

"It's a new power unit that we'll have next year," he added. "You have to give Honda the necessary time, hopefully, to develop that power unit.

"Now we need to give everyone some time to come together and work to bring these exciting new rules and regulations coming next year up to our very high expectations—as high as they can possibly get," Stroll concluded.

(Quotes from Motorsport Network)