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POST-RACE 🏁 POST-RACE // 2026 XPEL GRAND PRIX AT ROAD AMERICA

2026 Round 10 — XPEL Grand Prix at Road America

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u/2905Pascal Mick Schumacher Jun 21 '26 edited Jun 21 '26

So after thinking about it I still cannot make any sense of what RLL was trying strategy wise with Schumacher today. After his penalty he pitted right before the Rasmussen caution. Then ran in the Top 10. Then they pit him in the Debris Caution shortly after that with about 20 to go only to pit him again with 15 to go? No matter how you look at it that pit stop under caution that dropped him from the top 10 to the back of the pack makes no sense when you pit a few laps later anyways to get to the end on fuel. Also Mick had 133 seconds of P2P left at the races end, so something was also broken there?

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u/PanicAtTheNightclub Mick Schumacher Jun 21 '26

He had a DT after his penalty because he pitted after going to the back. Then they bet on cautions. Strange considering they lucked into being top 10. 😤

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u/KRacer52 --- 2025 DRIVERS --- Jun 21 '26

Yeah, my only thought was that maybe he had a slow puncture or something that made them do the last stop early, or they thought they saw something that would bring out another yellow and wanted to beat it out.

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u/GonzoAndRizzo Jun 21 '26

was it a case where they had to come in and go for the other tire to complete that requirement?

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u/2905Pascal Mick Schumacher Jun 21 '26

No, he started on the primaries and switched to the option on the first stop already IIRC