(Pirelli Motorsport Media)
Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team’s Nico Rosberg took a surprise
victory in today’s Monaco Grand Prix using a one stop strategy. The German
started the race on a used set of Super Soft tyres and switched a new set of
Yellow Soft tyres on lap 37 of the race.
Rosberg started the race from second place on the grid
alongside team mate Lewis Hamilton and went on to secure his third consecutive
Monaco Grand Prix victory having taken the win in 2013, 2014 and of course this
season.
Rosberg took the lead following a strategy error from the
Mercedes pit-wall saw the Hamilton make a second pit-stop on lap 65 of the 78
lap race for a set of the Super Soft tyres.
While the majority of the field opted for either a one or
two stop strategy, the Sauber F1 Team’s Marcus Ericsson and Williams Martini
Racing Team’s Felipe Massa made three stops. Speaking following the race,
Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery commented saying:
‘I was as surprised as everyone else to see the
final pit stop that decided the outcome of the race. But that shouldn’t take
anything away from the great job that Lewis Hamilton did throughout the entire
weekend. It just goes to show that it’s never over until the chequered flag
falls in Formula One: a fact that Nico Rosberg clearly appreciated today! The
long safety car period at the end of the race obviously made maintaining tyre
temperatures important at the re-start. In the end, we saw a spectacular
finish, with the one-stop strategy that we predicted for the race used by the
vast majority of competitors.’
© Ben Johnston 2015
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