5 instances out of 44 races and hundreds of thousands of strategy permutations? You’re nitpicking.basti313 wrote: ↑22 Aug 2022, 17:55As said, most races they were in the nowhere. But there are multiple example of bad or at least "giving up" calls:
- In Stone you can argue, but they pitted Lec without any reason. With the pace he was good to go further 5 laps easily, every lap would have made it much harder to be passed by Ham in the end.
- In Turkey they threw away the podium with simply stupid calls. Anything to argue against this?
- In Zandvoort they completely screwed the tactics. Did not undercut with Lec, then pitted Sai out of the way without any reason of Gasly.
- In US you can argue that they gave up against struggling Perez. Just go long like Ham did and attack in the end...
- And the best: In Qatar they pitted both cars much too late and were stuck behind earlier pitting Ocon and Stroll till the end.
Maybe you saw a good call? Something where they gained a position last year due to strategy?
I can do that for every 2021 team on the grid for every race. In an environment as dynamic as an F1 race, you should expect the strategy team not to lose position and occasionally win a position if the opportunity presents itself.
That’s why the 2022 blunders seem different. Places were lost. Outside of races compromised by heavy tire deg, I didn’t see that happen last year.
