Xyz22 wrote: ↑29 May 2023, 20:50
AR3-GP wrote: ↑29 May 2023, 19:24
Xyz22 wrote: ↑29 May 2023, 17:53
Sainz was called in because he was at risk of being undercutted by Hamilton.
Shouldn't they have gambled on going for the Podium against Ocon, vs squabbling with Hamilton over P4? I thought the pit was to undercut Ocon anyway. No idea what they were discussing about Hamilton.
So why was his outlap so terrible? He had medium tires. Ocon had a 4 second stop. How didn't Sainz manage the undercut?
No the pit was not to undercut Ocon. The plan was to try and OC Ocon betting on better race pace, but the fact that Lewis went for medium tyres and started struggling quite early changed the plans. Lewis put 2 purple sectors in his out lap and did the fastest lap of the race in first flying lap after the pit stop, gaining over a 1s in just one lap on Sainz. If Sainz didn't pit, they would have lost the position to Lewis without a SC/VSC. Ferrari reacted quickly and well in this particular case.
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Lewis being faster with fresher and softer (faster) tires shouldn´t surprise anyone, that´s exactly main problem when starting the race with hard compounds, but that´s something all they know. That is the weak point of that strategy, the strong point is he will waste the tires soon, while the car wich started the race with hard compounds will do the pitstop much later, so at the end of the race he will have much fresher tires, and maybe he could even use softer compound, then he will have a chance to pass, even in Monaco
That is a normal scenario for a dry race, but if rain was a posibility, then waiting for a later pitsotp is even more important and an even bigger advantage, as they could have saved 1 pitstop and switch to inters directly. A win-win stratey, but Ferrari took the weak part of that strategy (slower on first stint due to hard compounds), and at the same time the weak point of the opposite strategy (do the pitstop soon, miss the opportunity to save 1 pitstop)
Ferrari is very prone to overreact to rivals strategies, maybe that´s the reason they try to fool their rivals with fake pitcalls, they think every team is as naive as theirselves. But they´re not, teams usually stick to their initial plans, only Ferrari ruin their own strategies with wrong pitcall when their rivals do what they´re suppossed to do