He came in 3 laps too late for mediums in the first place that's certainly true, he had a window to be ahead of Russell but it would've been moot when whoever decided to try out the red ferry in the Black Sea at the end you know!
He was 7.8 seconds ahead of Vettel after overtaking him but came out behind Vettel after his pitstop. And Leclerc's pit stop was only 1.9 seconds slower than Vettel's.
Had Ferrari pitted him when Lando was behind him, Leclerc would've joined the track ahead of Russell. He only had to do 21 laps on his fresh mediums which was more than enough.
Then why they didn't take the gamble with Sainz? Both were on top 10, so it's quite idiotic to leave one car on track and pit the other one.
Ferrari pit wall had the access to all the high-tech weather radar. They are the ones who should be making decisions when rain is coming, not Leclerc/Sainz.
I'm not of favor of Lando getting DoD. He gambled against his pit crew to come in for inters and eventually lost the race.
It's not how start but how you finish.
Guys just relax a bit and try to see the whole picture from a distance. It was tricky conditions where in half lap a decision can give you a win or and last /crash!!!! When they strat pitting, there was not so much water and Lec was fast on slicks. And then in more or less in a lap the rain came harder. As I see it ,the team play it both ways with the 2 drivers to cover both scenarios.
This "ridiculous " team as some say ,took the decision yesterday to pit Sai for softs to take 2nd place. And again today with Sainz to take 3d place.
In these conditions is not how capable or not is a team ,but mostly a bit of luck if and when you will take a decision to switch tires!!!
FERRARI FOR EVER !!!!!!!
Mate, the point of strategy is to minimize time loss. At 33rd lap of the race, he pits for M tires and he can EASILY go to end of the race with 60% tank gone.
They kept him for additional 3-4 laps for some odd reason, but that closed Russell window and with slow stop made him get behind 4 other cars. It was TERRIBLE call, splitting strat was already done by lap 15-16 when they pitted Sainz and not Leclerc.
https://twitter.com/AdrianMCF/status...25973122551809
Alo with mix rain onboard.
But I'm happy with Charles's pace today. He pretty much kept up with Max's Red Bull.
Bodes really well for upcoming races.
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