The Hungarian GP is now behind us, but clearly the discussions on what we saw on the track in the Budapest race are also dragging on in the first days of this August summer break. More than any other aspect, it is the strategy theme. There are those who have worked very well, such as Red Bull and Mercedes, allowing their drivers to come back from the rear – this was especially the case with Verstappen and Hamilton – and there are those who have made rather serious and obvious mistakes. The Ferrari, ‘Real’ of having ruined Charles Leclerc’s race by mounting hard tires on the F1-75 # 16, extremely difficult to get up to temperature on a cold and wet track like that of Budapest.
For this reason, the Maranello team ended up at the center of criticism from fans. In defense of the men on the red wall, however, it should be noted that, despite Pirelli not having foreseen the use of this type of tire in the race, many teams have fallen into the temptation of harder compounds. In addition to Leclerc’s Ferrari, in fact, during the race also the drivers of Haas, McLaren, Alfa Romeo And Alpine they had to experiment with the little grip offered by the tires with the white band. A sequence that left the 1997 world champion very puzzled, Jacques Villeneuve. The Canadian in his traditional post-race editorial for the Dutch site Formulas1.nl he strongly criticized the lack of attention paid by these teams to the development of the race.
“Another thing that amazed me was the decisions made – explained Villeneuve – Formula 1 is the pinnacle, everything is at the top. Not just the drivers, but also the mechanics, engineers and strategists. How can more teams, not just Ferrari, make the decision to focus on hard rubber? Even after Alpine proved it was a useless tire. Weren’t they watching the race? There is something terribly wrong. It is incomprehensible that such a thing could happen in a sport that uses only the best of the best “said the former Williams ensign.
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