its not 1 swallow as I said if you include all 3 sections of qualy its 5+ swallows because as I said he got 9th in Canada, inches from 2nd in azerbajan 6th in mexico & front row in Monza. which was outstanding because more experienced drivers on that grid couldn't cope & yet on 3 separate occasion he was brilliant, you say miles off massa but in tricky conditions he beat his teammate with 250+ more grand prixs by 7 tenths 4tenths & 1.2secs
you cant bring up Azerbaijan GP, because everyone came away from that race saying that they could've won
if ocon had more patience force india would've been 1-2
Alonso & Magnussen couldve been on the podium,
vettel could've won if he didn't ram lewis,
lewis headrest hadnt come unstuck he would've won,
bottas hadn't hit kimi at t1, he would've won
Max hadn't had yet more engine issues he would've won
the fact is like I put above stroll kept his head when many more talented & experienced drivers couldnt