Yeah, that would make sense. Or maybe just make a rule that driver that is ahead has priority of strategy, so they get the strategy they think is faster.CjC wrote: ↑26 Jul 2025, 15:08We’ve talked about this before. I say they offer the split strategy option in hope to win the race to the driver who is directly behind the rival they want to beat if that driver doesn’t want it then the driver who is second on the road should be offered the same optionFittingMechanics wrote: ↑26 Jul 2025, 15:03In 2024, I would have no doubt that with the pace shown today they can easily win against Verstappen. Just split the strategies and use the pace the car has.
Problem in 2025 is that it is unlikely they will split the strategies. They seem to be unwilling to do that because it would favor one of the drivers so we get Japan situation where they followed Verstappen into the pits.
Hopefully we can avoid that tomorrow. It would not be smart to leave any chance of Verstappen making a comeback.
But looks like Max is on higher downforce now, so maybe the top speed problem won't be as pronounced.