FeatureF1 Unlocked
MONDAY MORNING DEBRIEF: How Red Bull’s unique strategy helped seal their dominant 1-2 in Bahrain
Such was Red Bull’s performance superiority in Bahrain they could have won the race almost regardless of tyre strategy. However, the Red Bull RB19’s ability to be relatively gentle on the soft C3 tyre allowed it a better tyre strategy than its rivals, which only increased its advantage.
Ferrari, Aston Martin and Mercedes all ran the two-stop race with a soft/hard/hard combination. Their judgement from the practices – and testing the previous week – was that if they used the faster soft tyre for two stints, they would need to conserve the pace so much to get the stint lengths required for a two-stop (rather than a three) that it would be slower than doing two stints on the C1 hard.
YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE
Live BlogF1 Unlocked AS IT HAPPENED: Follow all the action from the Sao Paulo GP as Verstappen wins after starting P17
News 'I was pretty angry' – Russell reflects on losing out to red flags after leading initial stages of Sao Paulo GP
News Norris ‘a little bit surprised to be on pole’ after coming out on top in hectic Sao Paulo qualifying session
Poll RACE PREDICTOR: Vote for who you think will make the podium in the Sao Paulo Grand Prix