Stroll drove for the Williams team for the 2017 Formula One Season. He became the first Canadian Formula One driver since the World Drivers' Champion Jacques Villeneuve. Reportedly, Stroll's father, billionaire Lawrence Stroll, paid $80 million to Williams prior to Stroll's start in 2017. After three retirements, Stroll's first race finish came at the fourth round in Russia, where he finished in eleventh despite spinning on the first lap. In the Spanish Grand Prix, Stroll finished sixteenth and last of all the drivers to finish the race. Two weeks later, Stroll retired after brake failure in Monaco, but was still classified 15th. Stroll scored his first points in his home Grand Prix in Montreal, finishing in 9th place.