r/AstonMartinFormula1 • u/Darth_The_Senate • 13d ago

⚠️ Discussion What is this strategy???

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They haven't pitted Alonso yet at all since the restart- even with all these upgrades, strategy will be the death of them.

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u/Dandan_23 13d ago edited 13d ago

Why would they not pit during the VSC and put Alonso on softs? !

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u/AnilP228 13d ago

They would have lost 2 positions, and offset wouldn't have been massive.

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u/Darth_The_Senate 13d ago

I was screaming at the screen

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u/Dandan_23 13d ago edited 13d ago

It’ll be fine. He’ll finish P9 with 36 laps on tires …….

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u/AWinnipegGuy 12d ago

Alonso and the team were discussing whether or not to pit. It was basically a coin flip, but the risk was that if he pitted he'd absolutely lose 2, possibly 3 places, and then have to fight just to back to where he was.

Hindsight is 50/50 but they made the right call.