Mercedes explain: ‘This is why Hamilton did not do a one-stop’
Lewis Hamilton was not happy with his and Mercedes’ presentation after the Italian Fabulous Prix. The seven-time world champion was certain he could have done the same after the Formula 1 race at Monza, which Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc won. In the meantime, Mercedes has developed a rationale for Hamilton’s strategy.
Mercedes make sense of Hamilton’s technique In contrast to all of the other top teams, Ferrari and Leclerc won the race without making a single pit stop, which caught everyone off guard. This turned out perfect, as the Monegasque went too far first. Hamilton was dissatisfied with his performance after the race, stating that he could have finished ahead of Carlos Sainz at the very least
. “The principal spell it was very awful with everybody on the medium tire, then when we got into second stretch, the central issue was: Can these go as far as possible? Or will we have to change something? “It was unlikely we were going to be able to pass on the same strategy,” Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin explained. “With Lewis’ race, he was tucked up behind Carlos and it didn’t really matter whether he did two or a one stop because Carlos had fresher tyres.”
