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Italian GP: Pirelli Grand Prix Review

By Courtesy of Pirelli
September 4 2017

 
 Pirelli Italian Grand Prix Review
 
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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.

 

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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