It might have been a gamble, but the clean air is much better than sitting behind, even 2 seconds behind, so he should be able to get the tyres under control. But let's see how it goes.
His engineer is telling him he is saving more of the tyres than Ferrari and Oscar. He's been told he can use a bit more now.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑05 May 2024, 22:14Hoping Lando is just managing the tires and nursing them to build a tire delta… It would be the smart move to play at this stage… He is keeping the gap to Perez and running on the same pace as Oscar
Makes sense, been stuck in a DRS train and wasting tires isn’t ideal since it would be too hard to overtake in a train and he has no pressure from behind, so he doesn’t need to be too concerned about managing the distance to PerezFittingMechanics wrote: ↑05 May 2024, 22:16His engineer is telling him he is saving more of the tyres than Ferrari and Oscar. He's been told he can use a bit more now.SmallSoldier wrote: ↑05 May 2024, 22:14Hoping Lando is just managing the tires and nursing them to build a tire delta… It would be the smart move to play at this stage… He is keeping the gap to Perez and running on the same pace as Oscar