Lance Stroll is relishing the prospect of being able to fight for victory in ༒this weekend's Rolex 24 at Daytona sports car race, having spent the last year racing in Formula 1 wh♏ere the odds of winning are far slimmer.

Stroll, 18, made his F1 debut in Australia last year for Williams, and scored a surprise podium in Azerbaijan, but was otherwise unable to fight at the front of the order 🐬or battle for race wins given the performance differences through ༺the field.

Stro🐽ll will make his second Daytona start on Saturday, having finished fifth on debut in 2016, and is excited by the prospect of being able to challenge for a win - something that is not possible💃 for him in F1.

"It’s a whole different mindset. It’s great to be here and just to be here and have the hope of winning a race in the back of my mind," Stroll ꧂said.

"In F1 we see teams spending ridic💙ulous amoun♛ts of money. That’s the sport. Some cars are two seconds quicker than other cars, but here you see a much closer deal and Balance of Performance, which is also cool.

"So there are some big differences between Formul☂a 1, but it’s cool to change♔ it up.

"But for sure Formula 1 is the priority, and that’s where the focu𒁃s is."

Stroll will team up with Felix Rosenqvist, Daniel Juncadella and Robin Frijns in the #37 Jackie Chan DCR Jota entry, and with the experience of the race two years ago under his belt, he has set his sights on adding a Rolex Daytona watch awarded ཧto the winners to his trophy cabinet.

"It’s great to be back at Daytona. I really enjoyed it a couple of years ago when I was here with Chip G🐼anassi, I’ve been wanting to come back for a second go," Stroll said⛄.

"[Prac🎀tice] was good, go♌od to get back in the car after a few weeks off since we were here last at the Roar.

"Just like everyone else, I’ve been r🔯eally looking forward to the race. It’s a long one, a lot can hap♑pen.

"I’m ready to win a watch."