Spain 2016

[N. Jones]

Does anyone believe what Horner says anymore? I'm pretty sure they knew they were giving the better strategy to Verstappen and they did it for the headlines. Had Ricciardo passed Vettel and Raikkonen, which was very unlikely to begin with, what would have happened then?

it seems to me that everyone knew the three stop was the slower strategy, so why put Ricciardo on it?

[Bagwan]

I think I read that 3 stops was going to be 6 seconds faster , but you would be required to make some passes as a result .

[dj_bytedisaster]

I think I read that 3 stops was going to be 6 seconds faster , but you would be required to make some passes as a result .

The three-stopper was faster on paper, but that went out the window when the medium ran longer than expected-

[Big Ben]

I think I read that 3 stops was going to be 6 seconds faster , but you would be required to make some passes as a result .

And they knew how hard it is to pass at Barcelona. I'm not even sure what these 6 seconds are supposed to mean. 6 seconds faster for the whole race? So the justification is that Ricciardo had on paper 6 whole seconds to pass Raikkonen and Verstappen?

[Bagwan]

The three-stopper was faster on paper, but that went out the window when the medium ran longer than expected-

And , they wouldn't have known that it would last longer , until it did , though , right ?

[Bagwan]

And they knew how hard it is to pass at Barcelona. I'm not even sure what these 6 seconds are supposed to mean. 6 seconds faster for the whole race? So the justification is that Ricciardo had on paper 6 whole seconds to pass Raikkonen and Verstappen?

Yep , 6 seconds for the whole race .
That's if traffic goes completely your way .

6 seconds at race speed is actually a considerable distance .

[Big Ben]

Yep , 6 seconds for the whole race .
That's if traffic goes completely your way .

6 seconds at race speed is actually a considerable distance .

And how was traffic going to go Ricciardo's way when they knew for sure there's going to be at least one guy he'll have to pass, the one they put in front of him? I guess, in the end, it's Ricciardo who f***ed up. They gave him 6 seconds to pass 3 cars and he just wasn't up to the task.