Lance Stroll is delivering a respectable performance up against two-time world champion Fernando Alonso at Aston Martin this season. With 24 points to his name, he sits just one spot below the Spaniard in the championship. Granted, Alonso has nearly doubled his tally with 48. But Stroll has improved as the season has gone on. He’s beaten the 42-year-old in five of the last nine qualifying sessions, including Sprints, and since the Chinese Grand Prix in April, he’s scored virtually the same number of points (15 vs 17). Alonso leads both the qualifying and race-day battles 8-5, but this nonethel…