In one of the crucial points of the season, the Mercedes, which in the past had always been the reference team for competing strategies, has been beaten with its own weapons. In Austin, in fact, Max Verstappen and Red Bull managed to win the Grand Prix despite the first position lost during the first lap, thanks also to a splendid reaction to the traffic lights by Lewis Hamilton. However, the Austrian team overturned the table thanks to a risky move. A double stop very early, which allowed Max Verstappen to do a undercut to direct rival between first and second stint and then to protect themselves in the last part of the race.
The downside, however, was the need to resist the comeback of the # 44 Mercedes with worn tires. Verstappen, however, was very clever in handling his tires, managing not to get Hamilton close enough in the last few laps. A masterpiece of courage and cunning on the part of the team that also ‘forced’ the Mercedes team principal, Toto Wolff, to give credit to the opponents. “They did the undercut out of necessity. Theirs was a very bold move, because it was very early. The second time again they did the same and [ha funzionato] to their advantageBrackley’s boss admitted to the site RacingNews365.
“You could see that Max [Verstappen] he had learned from the second stint not to damage the tires too early, because he had something left at the endAdded Wolff. Mercedes number one also congratulated his driver, Lewis Hamilton. In his opinion, the Englishman could not have done anything more to win the victory. “Lewis drove fantastic. He handled the tire, remained calm even though we were six and a half seconds behind after the first stop and eight and a half seconds behind after the second. If we had two more laps, who knows. But that’s the way it went and we have to congratulate Red Bull for the two stops “concluded Wolff.
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