Hungarian GP: Pirelli Grand Prix Review
By Courtesy of Pirelli
July 31 2017
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Pirelli Hungarian Grand Prix
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Ferrari’s
Sebastian Vettel led home a Ferrari one-two at the Hungarian Grand Prix,
with Pirelli as title sponsor, with nearly all the drivers adopting a
one-stop supersoft-soft strategy.
Track
temperatures were again in excess of 50 degrees centigrade, but tyre wear
and degradation was contained in the first stint and further reduced by a
four-lap safety car period shortly after the start, helping push competitors
towards a one-stop strategy.
All the drivers started on the supersoft tyre, just under a second faster
than the soft, with the exception of Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat and Williams
reserve driver Paul Di Resta, who were the only ones to select the soft on
the grid. The fastest lap, set by McLaren’s Fernando Alonso, was nearly
three seconds faster than last year.
The Formula 1 teams will now remain in Budapest for the second in-season
test of the year, during which they will run young drivers as well. Within
this test, Mercedes will dedicate one day to a blind test of Pirelli’s 2018
tyre development programme.
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“A great performance from Ferrari with perfect tyre management in the hot
conditions from all the frontrunners. In the end, because of the early
safety car and also the difficulty of overtaking, nearly all the drivers
opted for one stop. Before everyone heads off for the summer break, we now
have the second in-season test of the year, including one day of dedicated
2018 tyre testing with Mercedes on Tuesday.”
TRUTHOMETER
As we expected, most drivers opted for a one-stop strategy to avoid traffic,
rather than risking the theoretically quicker two-stopper for only a small
gain. Vettel made his stop from supersoft to soft on lap 32, while the
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BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
MEDIUM SOFT SUPER SOFT
- Alonso 1m20.182s Kvyat 1m21.631s
- Raikkonen 1m20.461s Ericsson 1m21.752s
- Verstappen 1m20.490s Verstappen 1m22.041s
LONGEST STINT OF THE RACE
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
SOFT Ericsson 62
SUPERSOFT Palmer 46
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