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**offemyJuccete** · 05-29-2012, 06:02 AM

Raikkonens tyre/pit stop strategy was identical to Webber's. He stopped on the same laps and put the same tyres on. He maybe just isn't isn't used to driving to preserve the rubber?

Webber drove most of the race in the lead, your tires last a lot longer there as all the professional commentators (like ex-drivers) have said countless times over the season. It's also possible that Lotus/Renault just can't utilize supersofts as well/long as others

Sorry I had a "senior moment". He was on the same strategy as everyone else then and was still slow! Why complain? Imagine the bigger train he would have created if he was on the slower hard "soft tyre". His speed would have mean't even the Caterham's would have been on the Kimi train

Different positions on track (like webber comparison) matter, as does the car - when his laptimes suddenly plummeted the team should have acted then, not several laps later when the gap to Vettel had grown so big.
F1 strategy isn't just about watching what other teams do, but how your own teams cars do, too.
If your teams car suddenly slows down up to several seconds per lap compared to how it was going before, you pit it immediately, not when the gap is far too big to be really caught up by driving.

05-29-2012, 06:02 AM	#46
offemyJuccete Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 426 Senior Member	Raikkonens tyre/pit stop strategy was identical to Webber's. He stopped on the same laps and put the same tyres on. He maybe just isn't isn't used to driving to preserve the rubber? Webber drove most of the race in the lead, your tires last a lot longer there as all the professional commentators (like ex-drivers) have said countless times over the season. It's also possible that Lotus/Renault just can't utilize supersofts as well/long as others Sorry I had a "senior moment". He was on the same strategy as everyone else then and was still slow! Why complain? Imagine the bigger train he would have created if he was on the slower hard "soft tyre". His speed would have mean't even the Caterham's would have been on the Kimi train Different positions on track (like webber comparison) matter, as does the car - when his laptimes suddenly plummeted the team should have acted then, not several laps later when the gap to Vettel had grown so big. F1 strategy isn't just about watching what other teams do, but how your own teams cars do, too. If your teams car suddenly slows down up to several seconds per lap compared to how it was going before, you pit it immediately, not when the gap is far too big to be really caught up by driving.
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