Silverstone 2009: Pitstop & Tyre Strategies
Posted on June 21st, 2009 by Oliver White in 2009 Season
Below is the table for the pitstop strategies for the British Grand Prix, showing that most drivers opted for a two-stopper at Silverstone. The only drivers to attempt a one-stop race were Nelson Piquet Jr and Adrian Sutil. The tyres were fairly evenly matched as well, with many drivers complaining that they couldn’t get them up to temperature. Brawn particularly struggled with this, although Ferrari seemed to have improved significantly in this area. Only two drivers retired at Silverstone; Sebastien Bourdais and Heikki Kovalainen.
Silverstone 2009
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Stint 1
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Stint 2
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Stint 3
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Stint 4
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| McLaren | ||||
 Lewis Hamilton |
Soft | Soft (20) | Hard (44) | |
 Heikki Kovalainen |
Soft | Hard (32) | Hard (33) | DNF (37) |
| Ferrari | ||||
| Kimi Raikkonen |
Soft | Soft (15) | Hard (42) | |
 Felipe Massa |
Soft | Soft (21) | Hard (45) | |
| BMW | ||||
 Nick Heidfeld |
Soft | Hard (21) | Soft (46) | |
 Robert Kubica |
Hard | Soft (28) | Soft (47) | |
| Renault | ||||
 Fernando Alonso |
Hard | Hard (18) | Soft (38) | |
| Nelson Piquet Jr. |
Hard | Soft (29) | ||
| Toyota | ||||
 Jarno Trulli |
Soft | Soft (18) | Hard (46) | |
| Timo Glock |
Soft | Soft (19) | Hard (48) | |
| Scuderia Toro Rosso | ||||
| Sebastien Buemi |
Hard | Soft (21) | Soft (42) | |
 Sebastien Bourdais |
Soft | Soft (26) | Hard (33) | DNF (38) |
| Red Bull Racing | ||||
| Sebastian Vettel |
Soft | Soft (20) | Hard (44) | |
 Mark Webber |
Soft | Soft (20) | Hard (46) | |
| Williams | ||||
| Nico Rosberg |
Hard | Hard (18) | Soft (43) | |
 Kazuki Nakajima |
Hard | Hard (14) | Soft (41) | |
| Force India | ||||
| Giancarlo Fisichella |
Soft | Soft (21) | Hard (?) | |
| Adrian Sutil |
Hard | Soft (?) | ||
| Brawn | ||||
| Jenson Button |
Soft | Hard (18) | Soft (49) | |
| Rubens Barrichello |
Soft | Hard (19) | Soft (46) | |
Alianora La Canta
June 24th, 2009 - 9:25pm
Adrian Sutil pitted on lap 32 and was on a one-stop strategy. One of the advantages of sitting at Copse E was that I got a really good view of the pit lane exit at all times.