All Posts Tagged With: "Tyres"
Nick Fry Adds Voice Of Concern Over Processional Races
Following the concerns about the spectacle of Formula One from McLaren chief and FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh yesterday, Mercedes Grand Prix CEO Nick Fry has added his voice to the discussion, mirroring those of Whitmarsh. Fry believes the teams need to all get together to discuss potential changes to the rules in order to spice [...]
Martin Whitmarsh Calls For Immediate Rule Changes
In the wake of the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix, a race that saw Ferrari take a one-two and McLaren a little shy on pace, Martin Whitmarsh has called for immediate changes to be made to the rules in order to prevent the sport becoming a dull procession with all drivers pitting just the once. The [...]
Bahrain 2010: Pitstop Strategies
With no refueling during the race, the pitstop strategies this year are entirely focused on tyre changes and where the drivers will feed back out onto the circuit with regards to traffic. The vast majority of the top-ten qualifiers started on the super-soft compound with the sole exception of Adrian Sutil.
Monza 2009: Pitstop & Tyre Strategies
After all was said and done, the one-stop strategy worked out best as both Brawn drivers threaded their way through to take a one-two finish at Monza. Both Jenson Button and race winner Rubens Barrichello completed one single pitstop this afternoon, out-performing the McLaren of Lewis Hamtilon and the Ferrari of Kimi Raikkonen. Once again, [...]
Belgium 2009: Pitstop & Tyre Strategies
Having won the Belgian Grand Prix from Giancarlo Fisichella and Sebastian Vettel, Kimi Raikkonen took his first victory of the year for both himself and the Ferrari team, partly with thanks to slick pitwork on each of his two pitstops. The safety car played a huge part in the strategies of teams, the drivers being [...]
Valencia 2009: Pitstop & Tyre Strategies
Valencia proved to be a mix bag in terms of strategy, with many teams and drivers opting for two-stops, but a fair few attempting just one scheduled stop. although the incidents at the start of the race meant that although a few drivers did realistically make one stop in terms of their strategies, they did [...]
Hungary 2009: Pitstop & Tyre Strategies
Below is the strategies table from the Hungarian Grand Prix, which saw a high number of retirements for 2009 – three drivers failed to make the chequered flag. Of all the strategies employed, everybody went with a two-stopper, taking out unscheduled visits to the pitlane for damage repair. Most drivers started on the Super-Soft compound [...]
Germany 2009: Pitstop & Tyre Strategies
Most drivers started the race on the Super Soft compound to get it out of the way early on in the race, although some teams did split their strategies between their drivers, Scuderia Toro Rosso, Renault and Toyota doing just this. Also, most drivers went with the two-stop approach to the race, although Timo Glock [...]
