2016 German Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

10 comments on “2016 German Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops”

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   ColdFly F1 (@)
   31st July 2016, 17:08

   Rosberg lost 11sec vs Hamilton in the pit.
   5 of those are his own fault; 6 of those cost him 6 WDC points!
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      Sonics (@sonicslv)
      31st July 2016, 19:27

      Not really sure about the 6 because he was nowhere in last stint while the bulls suddenly using their wings and even then Hamilton still toying with them.
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   Mikee
   31st July 2016, 17:10

   Why did Mercedes put Rosberg for his last stop so early? They could have extended the stint to put him on SS for the last stint to have a better chance of catching the RBRs!
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      Sonics (@sonicslv)
      31st July 2016, 19:29

      No more fresh SS left and probably trying to force undercut to minimize the penalty damage. The extra idle time is not in their plan though, and in hindsight Soft proved to be better than SS.
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   Hotbottoms (@hotbottoms)
   31st July 2016, 19:06

   Williams once again botched the strategy. Even if the two stop strategy would’ve worked, it was still an unnecessary risk. Bottas should’ve pitted for the third time when Hulkenberg did. Bottas would’ve kept the track position over Hulkenberg and thus it would’ve been a likely 7th position for Williams.

   It often seems like Williams is focusing only on their own race when they should be watching their rivals also and reacting quickly when their closest rivals make a move.
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      Leo B
      1st August 2016, 9:34

      I think the vast majority of drivers started with a 2-stopper as “plan A”. When it became clear that several drivers were pushing hard, with little tyre conservation, everyone was forced towards a 3-stopper. Those who gambled on staying on a 2-stopper probably regretted it afterwards.

      With regards to Williams, Hulkenberg had undercut Bottas at the second stop and was ahead anyway. Bottas wouldn’t have had track position had he taken a 3rd tyre change.
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   Sonics (@sonicslv)
   31st July 2016, 19:33

   I think Mercedes pit crew is actually their weakest link atm. The trend is when they in comfortable position with healthy gap to behind, they can service the cars consistently fast. However when they actually need to race with others, their service time dropped a lot. And this is the same for Hamilton and Rosberg time, Hamilton generally has slower average stop than Rosberg in early season where Rosberg in front and Hamilton racing with others.
   1. 

      Yusha (@freebird78)
      31st July 2016, 20:09

      +1
5. 

   x303 (@x303)
   31st July 2016, 21:38

   Strange how Verstappen complained of both Soft and SS rubbers. They looked good on Ricciardo’s car.
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   JayR (@deidunxf1)
   31st July 2016, 22:39

   Is Lewis’ aggressive entry into the pits all weekend partly the reason he has almost all the top times in terms of pit stops?

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