Oliver WhiteWell, that was a race and a half concerning pit stops. There were so many I actually lost count. The following information is just from my own observation, and I rushed the post for Sidepodcast and their live recording of their podcast. I think my math is wrong but I’ll correct it later tonight. Most started on wets, although Robert Kubica started on mediums, but pitted for wets and took the start from the pitlane.
Brazil 2008: Tyre/Race Strategies
Prime Tyre: Medium
Option Tyre: Hard
Wets: Intermediates
Due to the start of the race being wet, the drivers were able to run on one tyre for the entire race – the rule about running both compounds is negated in these circumstances.
| Driver/Team | Stint 1 (Lap) |
Stint 2 (Lap) |
Stint 3 (Lap) |
Stint 4 (Lap) |
Stint 5 (Lap) |
Stint 6 (Lap) |
McLaren |
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| Lewis Hamilton | Wet | Hard (9) | Hard (38) | Wet (64) | ||
| Heikki Kovalainen | Wet | Hard (8) | Hard (40) | Wet (63) | ||
Ferrari |
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| Kimi Raikkonen | Wet | Hard (9) | Hard (39) | Wet (64) | ||
| Felipe Massa | Wet | Hard (8) | Hard (35) | Wet (65) | ||
BMW |
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| Nick Heidfeld | Wet | Hard (?) | Hard (40) | Wet (63) | ||
| Robert Kubica | Wet (0) | Hard (?) | Hard (45) | Wet (63) | ||
Renault |
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| Fernando Alonso | Wet | Hard (6) | Hard (38) | Wet (65) | ||
| Nelson Piquet Jr. | Wet | |||||
Toyota |
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| Jarno Trulli | Wet | Hard (9) | Hard (47) | |||
| Timo Glock | Wet | Hard (6) | Hard (44) | |||
Scuderia Toro Rosso |
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| Sebastian Vettel | Wet | Hard (7) | Hard (?) | Hard (49) | Wet (65) | |
| Sebastien Bourdais | Wet | Hard (5) | Hard (36) | Extreme (?) | Wet (65) | |
Red Bull Racing |
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| David Coulthard | Wet | |||||
| Mark Webber | Wet | Hard (6) | Hard (46) | Wet (65) | ||
Williams |
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| Nico Rosberg | Wet | Hard (5) | Hard (38) | Wet (65) | ||
| Kazuki Nakajima | Wet | Hard (6) | Hard (50) | Wet (61) | ||
Honda |
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| Rubens Barrichello | Wet | Hard (6) | Hard (38) | Extreme (?) | Wet (64) | |
| Jenson Button | Wet | Hard (6) | Hard (34) | Hard (?) | Extreme (?) | Wet (65) |
Force India |
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| Giancarlo Fisichella | Wet | Medium (1) | Medium (36) | Extreme (?) | Wet (65) | |
| Adrian Sutil | Wet | Medium (6) | Medium (42) | Extreme (?) | Wet (62) | |
Ollie – this might be of help: http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71970
Yeah, I know. Autosport is often late for the recording of Sidepodcast, so they ask me to put something up before hand. However, I was under the impression the recording wouldn’t be until tomorrow, so I just sitting here all relaxed, sipping me beer and chillin’ out. Then they came on and panicked me. I’ll correct it later though. Many thanks though, although Autosport don’t list the pitstop lap number, ‘cos they’re lame. 🙂
Oh christ, I’m really wrong on a number of points. At least I got the Force Indias on softs though.
In my defence, I was seriously rushing this post.
shouldn’t it read medium (prime) and soft (option), with only force india using the soft tyres?
and, thanks for the heads-up on the wet start tyre ruling.
erm, sorry ’bout that.
but many, many thanks for getting it up there with literally moments to spare 🙂
oh, and by the way. autosport’s effort doesn’t look as nice or print as well either 😉
Probably. I’ve given up now for the season – I have an off-season to deal with. But thanks Jim. I only implemented this feature for the final two races, so it is very rough and ready. I hope to make it a great deal better for the 2009 season.
No problem. I enjoy the pressure. 😉
I know, I know! 🙂
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