Lewis Hamilton’s strategy questioned by Christian Horner: “They had a bit of a stroke of luck…”
Hamilton made an early switch to the hards on Lap 25 in a bid to undercut 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Carlos Sainz.
The Ferraris stayed out💖 as they looked to extend their first stint to complete a comfortable one-stop strategy.
Shortly after the Ferrari pit stops, the race was halted after 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Kevin Magnussen’s heavy shunt, resulting in a red flag.
The red flag gave all teams the chance to change tyres, with Mer🐲cedes putting mediums on Ha🎀milton’s car for the restart.
Horner felt without the mid-race ꦉstoppage, the two Ferraris would have beaten Hamilton.
“They had a bit of a stroke of luck becau𒁏se they went in very early fo𓃲r a one-stop strategy,” Horner told Viaplay. “I think in the end they would have been beaten by the Ferraris.
“But it is true that they had good speed and did well in terms 🦄of tyr♛e wear, as we have seen from them all year.”
Horner admitted he was “afraid” Ferrari would put 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Charles Leclerc on the mediums at the restart - a move which would have left 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Max Verstappen vulnerable.
“It completely neutralised our race,” he added.
“But the good 🎶thing at that moment was that Charles switched to the hard tyre just like us. We were afraid that he would go for the medium c𒐪ompound.”
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