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How Red Bull’s “ballsy call” on French GP F1 strategy was made
Verstappen had gifted the lead to Lewis Hamilton at the start with an error into Turn 1 but was able to claim it back thanks to a powerful undercut strategy that Mercedes failed to calculate for. Red Bull opted to give up the lead on Lap 32 by calling Verstappen into the pits for a second time, leaving the Dutchman needing to pass both Mercedes drivers and recover an 18-second gap to leader Hamilton in just 20 laps. A stunning final stint on medium tyres enabled Verstappen to do exactly that, with the Red Bull driver overtaking Hamilton’s one-stopping Mercedes with two laps to go to seal the win in what was effectively a role reversal of the 2019 Hungarian GP and 2021 Spanish GP. After...
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