(Pirelli Motorsport Media)
Pirelli go into tomorrow’s race expecting the majority of
teams to opt for a two stop pit strategy however the race is doable on a faster
three stop strategy.
The Spanish Grand Prix at the Barcelona Circuit De Catalunya
takes place over a total distance of 66 laps.
The entire top ten in qualifying completed their fastest
flying lap on a new set of the White walled Medium compound tyre. Mercedes AMG
PETRONAS F1 Team’s Nico Rosberg set a fastest time of 1m 24.681s to claim his
first pole position of the season.
Pirelli predict the best strategy is to start on the Medium
compound tyre and change to another set of Medium tyre on lap 23 and switching
to the Hard tyre on lap 50 to finish the race.
A three stop strategy can be done by starting on the Medium,
pitting for the Medium again on lap 17 and once for the Medium on 35 before
finishing the race on the Hard compound tyre, pitting for that on lap 55.
Speaking ahead of Sunday’s race, Pirelli Motorsport Director Paul Hembery
stated:
‘Qualifying ran along the lines that we
expected, both in terms of relative car performance and also tyre behaviour.
Wear and degradation are in line with expectations, to make a two-stopper
tomorrow the most likely strategy, even though a three-stopper is in theory
slightly faster. Track temperatures have been warm today and these are the same
conditions that we will experience during the race tomorrow. Consequently the
teams should have enough accurate data to formulate the optimal race
strategy for tomorrow and work out where they might be able to gain a tactical
advantage.’
© Ben Johnston 2015
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