Lance Stroll has dismissed speculation that he is on the verge of swapping Formula One for a career in tennis.
Whispers about the Aston Martin driver walking away from the sport first emerged nearly two years ago.
That is despite his father, Lawrence Stroll, owning the team, making Lance Stroll the heir to a £3billion empire.
The claims gained traction when Sky Sports F1 commentator David Croft weighed in.
Croft said: “I have a little feeling that in about a year and a half’s time, Stroll will race his last race in F1 and go and do something else.
“I don’t think Formula One is the sport he wanted to go into when he was younger. He was a massive tennis talent, one of the best youngsters in Canada at the time.
“I just wonder if he will go off and find something that fulfils him more and brings him more excitement.
“I look at him sometimes and think, ‘You want to be doing something else, don’t you?’”
Nearly two years later, Croft’s prediction has yet to materialise over the Aston Martin driver.
Stroll remains firmly in the world of Formula 1, rather than making a play for Wimbledon or Roland-Garros.
However, the rumours haven’t completely faded, prompting Stroll to set the record straight once and for all.
Speaking on the Fast And The Curious podcast, he laughed off the speculation, saying: “Be careful, don’t believe everything you read!
“No, I’m really not that good at tennis! Someone came up with that, I don’t really know how that started brewing.
“I mean, I always grew up playing a lot of sports, for sure. They were saying like I was going on the ATP World Tennis tour. Am I good enough to do that? No.
“Someone came up with this, I think it was Crofty [David Croft], Crofty said it. Pulled that one out of somewhere, I don’t really know where.”
With pre-season preparations well underway, barring any surprises, Stroll is set to be on the grid for the opening Formula One race in Australia next month.