News Details

How Mercedes' aggressive strategy beat Red Bull

Analysis To news overview Red Bull went into the Bahrain Grand Prix as favourites for the race victory, based on their testing form versus Mercedes at the same track. With Verstappen clinching pole position by a few tenths, the scene was set on Sunday for Verstappen with a very fast RB16B. But, it wasn't to be, with Mercedes aggressively going after the race victory and forcing Red Bull into a reactionary strategy that ultimately resulted in having to settle for second place. The power of the undercut With Max Verstappen holding onto his lead at the race start, as well as controlling the Safety Car restart in a way that prevented Hamilton from slipstreaming him down the start finish...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Leclerc commits to 'aggressive' racing to get Ferrari...

Ian Parkes & Ewan Gale Friday 26 march 2021 07:00 Charles Leclerc has...
4y ago from GPFans.com

Schumi was warned of Mazepin's ‘aggressive'...

When he was younger, Mick Schumacher was warned by a team-mate about...
4y ago from PlanetF1.com

Isola praises Hamilton's tyre strategy: 'He managed...

Pirelli boss Mario Isola says tyre strategy was key during the Bahrain...
4y ago from GPBlog.com

Norris: I stayed out of trouble and I'm very happy

Lando Norris said that he was 'very happy' after a fourth-place finish at...
4y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Race start times for 2026 IndyCar season announced

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced the race broadcast start times for...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Gregoire Munster confirmed for WRC Monte Carlo in...

The season opener marks a return to the event where Munster claimed his...

Romet Jürgenson to compete in opening three WRC2...

The rising Estonian talent is joined by co-driver Siim Oja and start...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal interested in signing 24-year-old Borussia...

Arsenal are reportedly interested in signing Borussia Dortmund goalkeeper...
8h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Glasner hopes to gee up jaded Palace as he eyes...

sday’s quarter-final will be the Eagles’ 29th game of the season and...
10h ago from TheGuardian.com

Arsecast Extra Episode 672 – 22.12.2025

Welcome to another Arsecast Extra, the Arsenal podcast, with myself and...
11h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.