2012 Korean Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops

6 comments on “2012 Korean Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops”

1. Maxk88
   14th October 2012, 14:13

   RT @f1fanatic_co_uk: McLaren fastest in the pits again: 2012 Korean Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops – http://t.co/PVh3XE71 #F1
2. DenisForza
   14th October 2012, 14:31

   RT @f1fanatic_co_uk: McLaren fastest in the pits again: 2012 Korean Grand Prix tyre strategies and pit stops – http://t.co/PVh3XE71 #F1
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   Jacob Larsson
   14th October 2012, 20:26

   Red Bull have really stepped up their game lately when it come to pit stops.
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   David Livingstone
   15th October 2012, 0:10

   One must really wonder if the hyper fast pit stops are worth it for McLaren when race after race we see them making small errors.

   In the above data we can glean that while McLaren and Lewis had two of the three outright fastest pit stops, Red Bull actually averaged a faster time. More importantly however, we only need look to last race to find the last time that McLaren had an issue in a pit stop. It would be interesting to see the frequency of these issues compared to Red Bull (or, in fact, any other team).

   It appears to me the the one or two tenths they gain in the pits:

   Firstly, comes at the expense of sometimes bungling the whole thing.

   Secondly, isn’t really worth the risk. The number of times two cars are separated at the pit exit by 0.1-0.2s is very very low. Mostly we see fast in/outlaps and outright overtakes in the pits. McLaren should evaluate whether they really need to be pushing quite as hard, given that the payoff is minimal if it even exists, but the cost is potentially huge.
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      DaveW (@dmw)
      15th October 2012, 1:48

      Agree with the observation that going for the lowest possible time is a fool’s errand. Consistency is more important. But remember after the series of debacles, McLaren stated they were going to shock the world with quick stops. That’s how they are. We’ll that’s what they did, but so what? Is it bringing in more points to do a 2.6 stop? How about if they decided simply to cut out the dumb pit mistakes —leaving the removed tire in the car’s path, etc.—and focus on reliability of key components.
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      AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner)
      16th October 2012, 13:37

      Thing is, I think they had to show that they could improve after all the calamities at the beginning of the season but yes, you may be on to something with them perhaps going too far. That said, they’ve had very few problems in the pits since the beggining of the season.

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