2013 British Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

20 comments on “2013 British Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops”

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   sato113 (@sato113)
   30th June 2013, 20:40

   amazed hamilton managed 28 laps on hards in the middle stint (aided by a SC of course) especially after having that blowout.
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      liam (@)
      30th June 2013, 21:00

      Hats of to the lads at Mercedes seeing Merc suffered from some of worst deg at the start of the season, now they have some of the best in a few races..All that overtime and hard work at the factory clearly paid off or maybe Paddy Lowe’s arrival has really paid off. Either way Ferrari and RBR now have a fight on their hands regarding the silver arrows.
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         stefano (@alfa145)
         30th June 2013, 23:06

         plus, they achieved that without doing any sort of secret test with pirelli, wich is remarkable.
         no actually they had one this year, and started winning from that moment on. ups, my mistake.
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            liam (@)
            30th June 2013, 23:37

            Dude I know, I was being sarcastic. ;)
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      Tariq Patel (@mdtariqp)
      30th June 2013, 21:07

      Based on what Lewis achieved today, I now think Mercedes will be a real challenge in both the WDC and WCC
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         Michael (@freelittlebirds)
         1st July 2013, 17:35

         Yes they seem to be a force to be reckoned with – let’s hope Hamilton can get some good luck. I kind of wonder if Shumi left at the wrong time….
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         Michael (@freelittlebirds)
         1st July 2013, 17:37

         Boy, if ever a race needed 2 more laps, this was the one (barring extra tyre delaminations)! Webber would be duking it out for P1 with Rosberg and Hamilton for P3 with Alonso! Damn the stewards!!!
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   Tariq Patel (@mdtariqp)
   30th June 2013, 21:10

   Both of Vettel’s pit stops were not only the fastest, but within 6 hundreds of a second time difference.
   Amazing work from the Red Bull crew
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      HK (@me4me)
      30th June 2013, 23:03

      Indeed. Redbull was almost perfect this weekend. Felt bad for Vettel, this replicates Korea 2010. A fault not of his nor the teams fault. Also felt bad for Hamilton, but great to see he at least could make a come-back through the race.
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   Gigantor (@kbdavies)
   30th June 2013, 21:23

   I wonder why Merc didn’t pit Hamilton as well at the 2nd saftey car period? The top 3 cars had storming pace at the end because of this, and arguably led them to achieve their positions. On new tires, i believe Lewis would have had Nando and possibly Webber.
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      minnis (@minnis)
      1st July 2013, 11:57

      Hamilton pitted 5 laps or so before the safety car, so he wouldn’t really have gained much. Plus the fact that Alonso actually lost three places by pitting (others probably did too, but I can’t remember) would mean that Hamilton would have had to gain more places with tyres that were not much newer. It wasnt really worth it.
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   George (@george)
   30th June 2013, 21:56

   I wonder how much further up Ricciardo might have finished if his team had been as good as Vettel’s? I guess we might find out next year…
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   Elliot A
   30th June 2013, 22:04

   Hamilton did two stops and still beat a Lotus? Even with Lewis on tyres 6 laps newer, that seems crazy on such a high deg track. I think in light of the other drama Mercedes fixing their tyre problem has been overlooked completely. They could well have had 2 podiums today, or perhaps a 1-2. Looks like that tyre test really paid off!
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   OEL F1 (@oel-f1)
   30th June 2013, 23:02

   Didn’t Gutierrez have a tyre failure as well?
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      William (@william)
      1st July 2013, 0:53

      I thought that too but apparently it was a front wind damage according to Sky Sports F1
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         Bosley (@)
         1st July 2013, 8:26

         It was a front left blow out like the left rears on the other cars, and the tyre exploded into the front wing.
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            OEL F1 (@oel-f1)
            1st July 2013, 15:18

            Very interesting that he had a front tyre explosion, seems like Pirelli has even more work to do then!
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   Dafffid (@dafffid)
   1st July 2013, 9:47

   Di Resta’s missing a tyre
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      Ritesh (@rits)
      1st July 2013, 11:20

      Or 10 laps on one of the stints. He stopped thrice as far as I remember.
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         Dafffid (@dafffid)
         1st July 2013, 13:57

         Yes, one or the other. They changed his nose on lap 42, but presumably they changed his tyres as well

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