2014 Canadian Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

9 comments on “2014 Canadian Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops”

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   @HoHum (@hohum)
   9th June 2014, 1:21

   Well thank goodness none of the teams were grossly handicapped with tyre problems, a big improvement from Pirelli allowing the race to flow more naturally than the last few years. I found it interesting that none of the two-stoppers went to the supersofts for the final stint, Massa particularly, I suppose track temperature was to high for them, something for Pirelli to work on for next year.
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      bharat (@bharat141)
      9th June 2014, 6:50

      I think massa had no new super soft tyres left with him for taking in the last stint. That is why he couldn’t take them. Otherwise it was definitely a worthy gamble to try and stay for another 4-5 laps and rush to finish on super sofys in the last 16-17 laps as Williams was very fast on supersofts during qualifying and practice.
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         @HoHum (@hohum)
         9th June 2014, 9:04

         What happened to the extra set for Q3 cars.
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   AdrianMorse (@adrianmorse)
   9th June 2014, 6:58

   There were only 33 pit stops this race? Anyway, I noticed that Mercedes’ pit stops are a bit rubbish lately. Lewis had two slow stops in Spain, and now Nico had another in Canada.
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      @HoHum (@hohum)
      9th June 2014, 9:02

      Less pit stops, better races.
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      OmarR-Pepper (@)
      9th June 2014, 16:20

      @adrianmorse they can take the chance of working slowly on the pits, because their cars are 30 seconds ahead anyway. Unless they start with their MGUK problems again (by the way what does MGUK mean? Is it a new Korean singer?)
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         Breno (@austus)
         10th June 2014, 18:07

         Motor generator unit.
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   KaIIe (@kaiie)
   9th June 2014, 9:34

   Why did Bottas stop so early for the second time? That was probably the worst timing possible, as it placed him right in traffic.
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   a_n
   10th June 2014, 1:46

   keith,

   is there a story to be written on red bull strategy costing vettel the opportunity to win?

   ric took advantage of his opportunities – so credit where credit is due – but imagine red bull had allowed a driver from another team to push past vettel from three positions back w/o any overtaking (the position shuffles where all due to pitting if i remember well.)

   did red bull make a mistake (from vettel’s perspective)? or did they simply not have any good options to avoid being trapped behind the force india? did ric actually beat vettel on the track as horner suggested (since their pit times were near identical) or should red bull have anticpated that they were offering ric an open goal by allowing him a clean lap while vettel would have a slower lap due traffic/tyres?

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