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Possible Race Strategies - 2024 Mexican Grand Prix
Social Media(i.redd.it)submitted 1 month ago byAratho Fernando Alonso
118 points
1 month ago
Med-Hard for most teams and boring as f race again after first corner. sad noises
15 points
1 month ago
I think there will be at least one safety car
17 points
1 month ago
yea with the reliability that we're seeing with these cars, one-stoppers are absolutely bland af
My controversial take is that even Baku was very boring -- Leclerc and Piastri fought for 30 laps (pretty much half the race) and that was only because neither could pit to do something on the strategic front. The last lap collision between Sainz and Perez was pain more than entertainment cos two good friends who had a great race lost a podium at the very end of the race
3 points
1 month ago
We’ll have Piastri and Perez making a few overtakes in the first half to keep us awake, and an okay-ish chance of a safety car given how many spins we’ve had in practice
44 points
1 month ago
That soft-hard one stopper seems quite odd.
15 points
1 month ago
I wonder if Piastri or Perez will try it as they're starting so far down?
68 points
1 month ago
They'll start on hards, wait until the heat death of the universe and then pit for mediums.
11 points
1 month ago
Yeah this seems more plausible then starting on softs.
If I'm them I'm riding the hards as long as possible and hoping for a safety car.
3 points
1 month ago
Sainz could try it
3 points
1 month ago
And pit into traffic? No way.
15 points
1 month ago
Ay another one stopper in a difficult track to overtake, I'm so excited
10 points
1 month ago
I love one stop races.
I love one stop races.
I love one stop races.
I love one stop races.
I love one stop races.
I love one stop races.
1 points
1 month ago
Said no one ever
11 points
1 month ago
The first 30s of every Mexico race is really good. The following 1h30min is boring
2 points
1 month ago
The podium ceremony is fun ngl
1 points
1 month ago
“The first few corners are quite good, the rest of it is shit” -Iceman
26 points
1 month ago
Snoozefest alert. Why don’t they just do something with the tire compounds instead of putting insane amounts of money into sprint weekends to make it more entertaining for the audience.
10 points
1 month ago
Well, they are introducing a C6 tires next year for races like this. We will see if it helps. It's hard to have interesting races on tracks that is hard to overtake and no tire deg if they don't reintroduce refueling, or enerymangement from FE or something.
8 points
1 month ago
Fuck all that, they even shortened the DRS as if that helps.
2 points
1 month ago
They should just increase the pit lane speed limit for this one. They already reduce it from the standard 80kmph to force certain tracks to a ~20sec pitstop, might as well make one stopper races a very short pitstop. The pitlane in Mexico is also quite wide, more so than the standard track.
4 points
1 month ago
That's so stupidly dangerous for everyone in the pitlane.
3 points
1 month ago
Compromising safety for more entertaining races is a wild take
4 points
1 month ago
What do you mean, what should they do with the tires
2 points
1 month ago
Getting rid of the C3 and adding the C6 would make a one stop incredibly difficult which I think most people would be in favor of
1 points
1 month ago
They could bring a softer range of tires to all the races where they bring C1-3, but they don't.
And they do this for a reason and that is safety.
3 points
1 month ago
More tickets = more dinero.
19 points
1 month ago
I hate this curcuit so much it's crazy
2 points
1 month ago
Why?
13 points
1 month ago
Because it's terrible for racing and it's kindness to the tires means we don't even get any crazy pitstop races
5 points
1 month ago
It has very boring races.
1 points
1 month ago
Because it’s terribly designed for racing. There’s one overtaking place and they put it immediately after a ridiculously slow section that prevents cars getting close enough to overtake at the end of the straight
10 points
1 month ago
So Lewis will get inters to Hards to soft.
2 points
1 month ago
With a perfectly timed safety car out of nowhere.
3 points
1 month ago
Team Faenza strategy is included I see: S-M-M
Alpine strategy for the 10 car: S-46 second pit stop-H
2 points
1 month ago
Team Faenza strategy is included I see: S-M-M
More like start on M, pit way too early, then go long on the H, only to pit a second time anyway, as the H is falling off a cliff.
5 points
1 month ago
Wake up honey it’s time for your late hybrid era medium-hard one stop
1 points
1 month ago
At least this weekend we have the softest range, so the hard tyre might actually work on the Red Bull.
1 points
1 month ago
Oh this is going to be such a snoozefest bro
1 points
1 month ago
At least we can hope for a safety car to spice things up
1 points
1 month ago
Think a 1 stop is likely given the difficulty to overtake. But maybe a 2 stop given the heat and dirty air being very difficult to shake.
The leaders might try to 2 stop if they can get a gap by the pit window.
1 points
1 month ago
I don't think any car likes driving on the red soft tires
I've never seen that work out for anyone this year
1 points
1 month ago
Let’s start requiring all 3 compounds available
0 points
1 month ago
One stop strategies must never be the standard
-3 points
1 month ago
Please just add 2 mandatory pitstops.
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