Sergej wrote: ↑21 Jul 2024, 18:43
PierreW wrote: ↑21 Jul 2024, 18:33
Sergej wrote: ↑21 Jul 2024, 18:29
that camera shot on Hannah was quite telling about the strategy today
Did we finally got the answer on what were they trying toa chieve with this retarded strategy?
I mean, letting Max being undercuted twice by Hamilton and once by Leclerc on one of the most difficult track regarding to overtaking was one of the biggest mistake they could make on strategy.
The car wasn't fast enough and when the McLaren started 1-2 and after giving back the position, the only place they could achieve was third, and they blew it with the dumbest strategy possible.
Hannah and the team let Max down this time. His anger was justified.
Marko said they underestimated the difficulty in overtaking
A comfortable 3rd, regardless of the strategy, was on cards, until Max exploded. The car had comfortable pace for overtaking the Ferrari and Mercedes. Max messed up an overtake in the previous lap and ran wide and blamed the brake bias. He ignored the instructions from GP to go easy on the tyres for the first couple of laps on, but he used his own anger to invalidate it and take life out of tyres. Extremely poor racing skills for the day.
The strategy gamble was to see how to win against two McLarens. Simply following McLarens strategy or to cover Lewis wouldn't have given any better result.