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One-stop as favoured strategy – Pirelli’s race analysis

Despite the softer compounds compared to 2019, last weekend’s Belgian Grand Prix saw drivers prefer the one-stop strategy to cover the 44-lap race distance. Formula One’s tyre manufacturer Pirelli allocated teams with the C2, C3 and C4 compounds for this year’s Belgian Grand Prix. The bold selection of compounds was expected to spice race strategies up after the 2019 event at Spa was mainly restricted to one-stoppers with drivers totally neglecting the hardest compound. However, tyres showed a very good durability yesterday, prompting teams and drivers to commit themselves to a one-stop strategy. That was not even affected by the early appearance of the safety car that was deployed...
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