The victory of Charles Leclerc, who started from pole and covered the distance of the Australian Grand Prix with one pit stop, confirms that this tactic was optimal.
Although the weather in Melbourne on Sunday was much warmer than previous days of the weekend, the tires performed as expected, Pirelli’s head of racing Mario Isola confirmed.
Mario Isola: “The tires performed effectively in line with the expectations we had after Friday practice, despite the temperature being much warmer on the day of the race and track conditions changing.
Nearly all racers chose the one pit stop tactic, and many of them visited the pits, taking advantage of the appearance of the safety car on the track, which reduced the loss of time.
The difference in performance between the Medium and Hard tires (In addition, medium-hard rubber is specially made so that it has a higher degree of degradation) gave the riders plenty of options to choose tactics.
On the track in Melbourne we have seen a lot of overtaking thanks to the reconfiguration – this highlights that new cars and new tires allow you to attack and overtake. We also saw some interesting tactics, including two consecutive pit stops by Lance Stroll, and saw Alex Albon drive a very long stretch on hard tires, finishing in the top ten after starting from last position.
Source: F1 News
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