Of course Lando chose softs, they asked him if he wanted softs to cover Ham, or mediums to cover Verstappen
The drivers drove a great race, this one was solely on the team
It was absolutely no gambe involved here, they knew medium was better, they had the tire in the beginning, soft was wrong choice in any scenario. Piastri was faster from the beginning on mediums.
This is the sort of thinking that brings no changes where there's clearly something wrong in that pit crew. Asking drivers in the heat of the moment about strategy is outrageous. What is your job then mr engineer if the driver is making the strategy himself.
Maybe, but my issue isn't the wrong choice, it's the claim that people all know better. When in the past it's shown they generally don't.propercare wrote: ↑07 Jul 2024, 17:35It was absolutely no gambe involved here, they knew medium was better, they had the tire in the beginning, soft was wrong choice in any scenario. Piastri was faster from the beginning on mediums.
Come on man. You have an advantage in having a fresh set of mediums available for the car and you only have a used set of softs.Ben1980 wrote: ↑07 Jul 2024, 17:39Maybe, but my issue isn't the wrong choice, it's the claim that people all know better. When in the past it's shown they generally don't.propercare wrote: ↑07 Jul 2024, 17:35It was absolutely no gambe involved here, they knew medium was better, they had the tire in the beginning, soft was wrong choice in any scenario. Piastri was faster from the beginning on mediums.
13 laps. More importantly, 13 push laps.Emag wrote: ↑07 Jul 2024, 17:41Come on man. You have an advantage in having a fresh set of mediums available for the car and you only have a used set of softs.Ben1980 wrote: ↑07 Jul 2024, 17:39Maybe, but my issue isn't the wrong choice, it's the claim that people all know better. When in the past it's shown they generally don't.propercare wrote: ↑07 Jul 2024, 17:35
It was absolutely no gambe involved here, they knew medium was better, they had the tire in the beginning, soft was wrong choice in any scenario. Piastri was faster from the beginning on mediums.
You need to do 13 laps on conditions which heavily punish the tires.
Tell me, in what universe does it make sense to put a used soft in the end there?