Italian GP: Pirelli Grand Prix Review
By Courtesy of Pirelli
September 4 2017
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Pirelli Italian Grand Prix
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As expected,
nearly all the drivers chose a one-stop supersoft-soft strategy at the
Italian Grand Prix, which was won by Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton to take
the lead of the championship by three points.
An alternative strategy was adopted by Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo, who
started 16th on the grid as a result of penalties. He began on soft and then
moved onto the supersoft in the closing stages of the race. The Australian
also set the fastest lap of the race, which was two seconds faster than last
year’s equivalent, using the same tyres.
Following torrential rain yesterday, conditions in Monza were dry today with
ambient temperatures of 28 degrees centigrade and track temperatures of 37
degrees centigrade.
MARIO ISOLA - HEAD OF CAR RACING
“After an unpredictable weekend up to now, the race turned out exactly as we
expected, with nearly all the drivers completing one-stop strategies. Daniel
Ricciardo made excellent use of an alternative one-stop strategy to make up
12 places, and his fastest lap shows just how much quicker the car and tyre
package is this year, despite the fact that Monza is mainly dominated by
straights.”
TRUTHOMETER
Lewis Hamilton won the race using one pit stop, going from supersoft to soft
on lap 32, as anticipated. His team mate Valtteri Bottas followed an
identical strategy, stopping one lap later and finishing five seconds behind
Hamilton at the flag. Both used exactly the strategy we indicated as the
winning one. |
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BEST TIME BY COMPOUND
MEDIUM SOFT SUPER SOFT
- Hamilton 1m 23.488s Ricciardo 1m 23.361s
- Bottas 1m 23.722s Verstappen 1m 24.351s
- Vettel 1m 23.897s Hamilton 1m 24.770s
LONGEST STINT OF THE RACE
COMPOUND DRIVER LAPS
MEDIUM - -
SOFT Hulkenberg 43
SUPERSOFT Bottas-Vandoorne 33
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