This was to account not only for the extra load on the left side at a track compromising predominantly right-handers but also the varying demands on the front and rear axle. He won by an astonishing 36 seconds from Prost.Ī crucial part of the strategy was the risky decision to run a different tyre compound on each of the four corners of the car. Tyre wear wasn’t a concern, but degradation was, yet remarkably his Pirellis stood up well and proved consistent. PALMER: How Albon pulled off a blinding strategy call to take Williams' first point of the seasonīerger took the lead on Lap 36 and expected to come under attack from those on fresh Goodyears behind him. Gerhard Berger and the Benetton team’s first Grand Prix victory in Mexico 1986 was the result of a no-pit stop strategy using Pirelli tyres.īerger started fourth, ran in third place behind Nelson Piquet’s Williams and Ayrton Senna’s Lotus early on before being passed by Alain Prost’s McLaren – jumping ahead of all three when they made their pit stops.
Gerhard Berger – 1986 Mexican Grand Prix Finishing position: 1st Worse still, its four-stud wheels took significantly longer to change than the knock-off single-nut wheels of the Ferraris.Ģ. This was the result of what’s best described as a ‘strategic bluff’.ĭriving a lightweight but underpowered 1.96-litre Cooper-Climax T43 – effectively an F2 car – Moss couldn’t match the pace of the 2.5-litre Ferraris. The combination of legendary privateer team owner Rob Walker and the incomparable Stirling Moss achieved some great successes, none more remarkable than victory in the 1958 Argentine Grand Prix.
Stirling Moss – 1958 Argentine Grand Prix Finishing position: 1st Such unorthodox strategies are rare, but it’s not the first time in F1 history that an ostensibly strange strategy gambit has yielded a significant result. READ MORE: Albon says P10 finish was ‘unimaginable’ before pulling off inspired strategy in Australia Alex Albon’s unorthodox pit stop at the start of the last lap of the Australian Grand Prix allowed him to score Williams’s first point of the 2022 Formula 1 season.Īlbon’s P10 was earned thanks to a combination of his marathon stint on hard Pirellis, Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll backing up Albon's midfield rivals and Williams taking a strategic risk.
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