You forget that Leclerc had caught in the MSC-LAT incident. That cost him 2 or 3 seconds.Originally Posted by stasera
I will try to explain how that strategy was that much bad.
Perez was already expected to overtake Leclerc, according to calculations from both Redbull and Ferrari. (remember what was said to leclerc on the radio from the pit wall, "we will be taken over," when leclerc asked them another stop is probably so late)
Lap 34(24), 19.9 seconds from Leclerc when Perez comes out of the pits. Perez needs to close an average of 0.830 (per lap) seconds to beat Leclerc.
lap 45(13), 10 seconds difference between perez and leclerc. Perez reduced the gap by 1 second per lap. Much more successful than the average given to him.
lap 46(12) the gap increased to 10.3. because when Perez passed Lewis on the 1st drs straight instead of the 2nd drs zone, Lewis got into a fight with him.
lap 47(11) Perez overtook Lewis. the difference is the same as the difference in lap 45. 10 seconds again.
Perez lost 2 seconds here, and also wore out his tires. After this point, he should have closed a gap of 0.9 seconds per lap. Here, too, he lost time with 2 cars that had to lap under blue flags. So in total he lost 3.5 seconds. 2 seconds is his own fault, 1.5 seconds is due to the vehicles he will ride. Moreover, on top of all this, Leclerc gave a great performance. According to calculations, Perez would catch Leclerc 3 laps before the finish and even would be ahead by 2-3 seconds.
That's a gamble when you have the tyre advantage. I also say that the tire advantage should be maintained, just like in Austria. I'm open to gambles when you need it but here we didnt need it, while we have same hard tyres life with RB, we are always better far away. why you are giving tire advantage to them when we and they are on hards.
You guys asked me what if SC comes. and they put softs?
no need SC for RB to put softs, they could have been used soft-medium-medium strategy or medium-hard-medium strategy at least for perez. they still would have overtaken us. but the sc would be for their advantage in every situation. because everyone would have gone for softs including us.
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