- 23 Oct 07, 12:01#19987
http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?PO_ID=41167
"People are very quick to talk about strategy but the simple headline is that Fernando, who executed a perfect two stop-strategy in our opinion, was 33 seconds ahead of Lewis when we chose to switch to a three-stop strategy and at the end of the race was 20 seconds ahead of him.
“So we think the strategy made up between 10 and 15 seconds.
“The reason he was able to make up time was that he was constantly fed back onto the circuit in clear air or with slower cars that he could easily overtake because he was carrying less fuel and his tyres were in better condition.â€
"People are very quick to talk about strategy but the simple headline is that Fernando, who executed a perfect two stop-strategy in our opinion, was 33 seconds ahead of Lewis when we chose to switch to a three-stop strategy and at the end of the race was 20 seconds ahead of him.
“So we think the strategy made up between 10 and 15 seconds.
“The reason he was able to make up time was that he was constantly fed back onto the circuit in clear air or with slower cars that he could easily overtake because he was carrying less fuel and his tyres were in better condition.â€