Lewis Hamilton’s strategy questioned by Christian Horner: “They had a bit of a stroke of luck…”
Hamilton made an early switch to the hards on Lap 25 in a bid to undercut 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Carlos Sainz.
The Ferra༒r🌜is stayed out as they looked to extend their first stint to complete a comfortable one-stop strategy.
Shortly after the Ferrari pit stops, the race was halted after 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Kevin Magnussen’s heavy shunt, resulting in a red flag.
The red flag gave all teams the chance to change tyres, with Mercedes putting mediums 🉐on Hamilton’s car for the restart.
Horner felt without the mid-race stoppage, the two🧜 Ferraris would have beaten Hamilt🌊on.
“They🐓 had a bit of a stroke of luck because they went in very early for a one-stop strategy,” Horner told Vi🐈aplay. “I think in the end they would have been beaten by the Ferraris.
“But it is true that they had good speed and did wel💦l in terms of tyre wear, as we have seen from them all year.”
Horner admitted he was “afraid” Ferrari would put 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Charles Leclerc on the mediums at the restart - a move which would have left 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Max Verstappen vulnerable.
“It completely neutralised our race,” he added.
&𒐪nbsp;“But the good thing at that moment was that Charles switched to the hard tyre just like us. We were afraid that he would go for the medium compound.”
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