News Details

Higher degradation than expected at Le Castellet

Although Friday's long run analysis pointed towards a simple one-stop strategy, the 61st French Grand Prix turned into a fierce strategy battle between Red Bull and Mercedes with the Milton Keynes-based team getting the better of the Brackley-based outfit. After the high-fuel runs performed on Friday, Formula One's sole tyre manufacturer Pirelli thought that the one-stop strategy would become the standard in yesterday's French Grand Prix. The change in conditions overwrote the expections. While temperatures were considerably cooler than they had been over the previous couple of days, rain on Sunday morning washed the surface clean of residual rubber. While ambient temperatures remained...
Full Story »
3y ago from F1Technical.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Higher tyre pressures may be hurting Ferrari –...

Jun.21 Ferrari needs to 'quickly' get to the bottom of its French GP...
3y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

French weather authority issues thunderstorm warning...

As if the French Grand Prix wasn't exciting enough already this...
3y ago from GPBlog.com

Mercedes engine strategy surprises Red Bull

Jun.19 Officials at Red Bull are scratching their heads about title...
3y ago from OneStopStrategy.com

One-stop strategy expected for the French Grand Prix

F1 Grand Prix, GP France, Circuit Paul Ricard Based on the Friday's...
3y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Kevin Schwantz: ‘Nothing but gains to be had'...

1993 500cc champion Kevin Schwantz believes the potential Liberty Media...

Aleix Espargaro receives Honda MotoGP wildcard for...

Honda has confirmed that its test rider Aleix Espargaro will receive a...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou dodges rain to set fastest time of Indy 500...

The morning hours of Wednesday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway brought...
16h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

IndyCar’s Gateway event becomes night race with...

The NTT IndyCar Series announced on Wednesday that a few of the series’...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'New name I'm hearing' – Chelsea, Liverpool...

There seems to be growing talk of Rodrygo Goes leaving Real Madrid this...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mohamed Salah chasing Ronaldo, Henry record as Premier...

Liverpool trio Virgil van Dijk, Mohamed Salah and Ryan Gravenberch are...
3h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Arsenal transfer news: Gunners 'accelerate' pursuit of...

Arsenal are reportedly plotting a move for Newcastle United winger Anthony...
2m ago from SportsMole.co.uk

Episode 830 – Learnings

Welcome to another episode of the Arsecast – the Arsenal podcast. In...
2h 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.