![]() Having to put under green flag conditions cost him a large chunk of time and he was then put onto the less grippy medium tyre for the final part of the race, when the soft compound could still go the distance and had better performance. The VSC really did seal the deal for Vettel. Valtteri Bottas then held him up for a few more laps, which brought Hamilton closer after he emerged from his pitstop. Where’d it go wrong for Vettel?įerrari tried the undercut with Vettel and while this gained him some time, he did lose out behind the slower Daniel Ricciardo initially, coming out in some traffic. This put Hamilton right into contention and on the soft tyre, he had the performance advantage to eventually take the lead back and storm to victory. ![]() This prompted Ferrari to pit Vettel the lap after the VSC had finished. ![]() He was of course helped by a perfectly-timed final stop, which took advantage of the virtual safety car. Mercedes tried to maximise the time spent on the softs, at the start and end of the race, which gave him an advantage against Vettel in the final stint. Having lost the lead to Vettel at Turn 1, Mercedes opted to go much longer with Hamilton’s first stint, sacrificing the gap to the Ferrari at that stage in order to better set up the race later on. There were a few interesting strategic points that helped Hamilton win the race. The Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya’s unique characteristics and the warm Spanish temperatures threw up numerous strategy decisions and headlines, let’s take a look at the most important ones: How did Hamilton win it? But strategy also played a crucial role in deciding the result of the Spanish GP. It was a race that featured so many fascinating ingredients: From clashes to overtakes, battles and incidents. That’s exactly what happened at the 2017 Spanish Grand Prix, with Lewis Hamilton overhauling Sebastian Vettel in a feisty battle to take his 55th career victory and 2nd of the season. This is what we’ve been waiting for, right? A wheel-to-wheel, strategic and exciting battle between two top drivers and teams for Formula 1 race victory. Spanish GP F1 Strategy Report Podcast – our host Michael Lamonato is joined by Craig (Scarbs) Scarborough from. Race 5 – 66 Laps – 4.655km per lap – 307.104km race distance – medium tyre wear ![]()
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