Claire Williams has suggested Lance Stroll is in line for a new contract after “living up to expectations” during his Formula 1 career so far.

Stroll’s P8 in Baku is as good as it has got for the Grove-based team this season as both he and rookie Sergey Sirotkin have struggled with an extremely uncompetitive FW41.

But, as attention starts turning toward driver line-ups for next season, Williams feels Stroll still has a very bright future ahead of him and has performed well for the team.

“He has worked very hard to improve the points he had to improve,” Williams said.