2014 Spanish Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

14 comments on “2014 Spanish Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops”

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   Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
   11th May 2014, 20:12

   …and look at how much more entertaining the race was for it.

   Spain was the second worst race of the year (behind Britain) last year I think, and this year it was certainly second best (thus far).
   1. 

      Max Jacobson (@vettel1)
      11th May 2014, 20:13

      Also, this is one of the few tracks where I advocate the use of DRS. Along with Suzuka and possibly a couple more. Since I do believe that because it only gives the chance of an overtake it is actually an effective means of improving the spectacle.
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         Younes (@moumny)
         11th May 2014, 20:17

         Well most overtakes were quite easy. Appart from one or two from VET
         1. 

            Theo Parkinson (@theo-hrp)
            11th May 2014, 20:56

            That’s why Nico flew by Lewis on the last lap.
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               Younes (@moumny)
               12th May 2014, 0:18

               Well the race ended before he had to take his chance at overtaking him.
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         Chris (@tophercheese21)
         12th May 2014, 5:25

         I agree Max.
         DRS is needed at Barcelona because it doesn’t have any low speed corners followed by long straights, which makes overtaking very tough.
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   Younes (@moumny)
   11th May 2014, 20:15

   Interesting how n1 drivers seem to get better pit stops.
   Is it psychologic?
   1. 

      Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine)
      11th May 2014, 20:57

      @moumny When the gaps are as small as this, and looking at the data from just one race, I don’t think you can draw that conclusion.

      But if it was the case remember this isn’t just the stationary time we are looking out: it includes the driver stopping on his marks and pulling away. So would it be that great a surprise if the ‘number one’ drivers were doing that better to the tune of a few hundredths of a second? Not really.
3. 

   IDR (@idr)
   11th May 2014, 21:03

   Incredible pic. The color and definition is simply amazing!
4. 

   bull mello (@bullmello)
   11th May 2014, 21:33

   Nice job by Ricciardo to get 31 laps out of the Medium tires on his 2nd stint. Most laps on Medium in a stint by any driver and he still was best of the rest behind the Mercs. Grosjean matched most laps (31) on a stint, but with Hard tires.

   Where Kimi really lost position to Alonso was on his 2nd stint doing 7 more laps than his teammate. He came out way behind Alonso after the 2nd stop whereas he came out just ahead of Alonso after the first stop. The alternate strategy didn’t work out too well for him.
5. 

   Andre Furtado (@f1andy83)
   12th May 2014, 1:02

   I think the drive of the weekend was Vettel, 15 to 4th.
6. 

   frood19 (@frood19)
   12th May 2014, 10:24

   i wondered if rosberg was going to try a one-stopper. he seemed quite comfortable on the mediums in the first stint, so maybe he could have gone a bit longer and then eked out the hards until the end of the race. i imagine he would have been passed near the end by hamilton, but the 20 seconds saved wouldn’t be that easy to overturn. just a thought.

   if the tyre rules were a bit freer then we might see more inventive strategies (i.e. hard-hard, or soft-soft-soft).
7. 

   radu
   12th May 2014, 15:40

   The last medium tyres put at Alonso and Vettel car was new or used?
8. 

   DaveW (@dmw)
   12th May 2014, 17:00

   Seeing how awful the stationary times were for Hamilton, It’s amazing that the actual pit time differences were so small. Rosberg apparently left a couple seconds on the table at least due to his entry and exit procedures. Lewis lost 1.2 on the first stop to him, but if I recall, Hamilton’s stationary time was like 4.3 and Rosberg’s was “normal.” If Rosberg had a comparable entry/exit maybe he even jumps Hamilton, considering he was about 1.63s behind when Hamilton stopped. When it’s this close between them, every little thing like this could decided the title.

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