The quick-fix solution that has come up, in the recent days, is to introduce a second pit-stop to add excitement, as the teams only pitted once to change tyres at the last GP.  

The proponents of this idea were a few teams viz. McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull. The more vociferous amongst them being the Red Bull Chief Christian Horner.  

Is this a genuine concern considering the fans, f1 racing in general, or just for a particular team?  

The Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel was leading the Bahrain race until a faulty spark-plug put brakes on the German, who conceded three places to finish fourth.  

The two Ferrari's though finished 1-2, it was looked upon as more of a race win due to Red Bull's reliability failing them than the Ferrari's capability to overtake it.  

The important aspect being missed out here was though the Red Bull had a blinding pace at the start, the game was changing after the first pit stop for, as the Ferrari's were steadily catching up the German lap by lap.  

The Ferrari, which as rumours have surfaced now, were carrying heavy fuel than other teams, while Red Bull the least. This position, as the race progressed, was getting even, as Ferraris were getting lighter, and thus going faster.  

The Red Bull was also suffering faster rear tyre degradation (harder tyres) in the later laps than Ferrari.  

All this was playing into advantage of Ferrari, but before we witnessed a classic fight between the two teams in the final laps, the spark-plug gave away on the Red Bull, which provided an anti-climax to what would been an exciting end to the season opener.  

What can be noted from the above thus, the fuel advantage of Red Bull only lasted till the initial laps, but once that went away it was all down to tyre wear, and Ferrari at the moment is the master in managing their tyres well.  

This advantage of Ferrari is the strongest among all its closest competitors to the title viz. Red Bull, McLaren and Mercedes.  

With a second pit-stop thrown into this mix, the picture will dramatically change, as Red Bull, would then need not worry about the tyre wear, with fresh tyres in the second pit-stop, and can keep the advantaged gained initially on lower fuel till the end.  

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