Ultimately, this is a strategic decision that Charles and the team made together after they went through all the scenarios and information available to them, knowing that they risked losing the podium. It’s fair to disagree with the decision they took, but to write it off as a strategy fuck-up is unreasonable. But since he isn’t, taking a gamble to win that did not pay off in the end isn’t something I find to be that reproachable, if at all. If Charles was in a title fight, this is a call that I think would deserve to be reprimanded. However, the decision to gamble on not pitting for new Inters when Charles was in the lead is not something I take issue with. That’s something Ferrari really needs to account for when they are coming up with their strategies. I think they tend to overestimate Charles’ a little when he says he can stay out because he has gotten quite good at tyre management and always shows such strong pace until the tyres just don’t hold up, and by the time he is losing pace, it is a touch too late and they can only salvage what they can. This was also kind of the problem with Sochi last time.
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It’s one thing to strike a balance between driver input and the pit wall to get the right strategy, but I think Ferrari needs to be more firm when the situation calls for it. To smooth out the process, they perhaps can agree beforehand on exactly what Charles wants to know during the race next time.Īlthough they were efficient in coming up with recovery options to pit for new Inters and were able to cover Hamilton for P4, the fact remains that they had information from Carlos on pitting for new Inters and knew that graining would be a problem for a few laps, but they didn’t insist on pitting Charles when they identified that he should pit and then push for 12 laps.
Mostly, I just find myself very impressed with how Charles is managing to do all that while he’s driving at insanely high speeds and is an active participant in their strategy during a weird race condition.
I think the pit wall likely would have had that information already and was thinking with it, but Charles wanted to know too.
However, I personally don’t think it’s completely fair to say that they are making Charles do all the work of guiding the information they are looking at and coming up with the strategy himself, to be honest. I think they could still improve on it, for sure, to be more precise in understanding what they are asking/need to know from each other, and be more aptly responsive to some of Charles’ more direct/easier questions (smooth out the communication along the pit wall so they can pass on information quicker?). The communication as a whole, as well, I don’t think it is anywhere near as bad as people are making it out to be.