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Old 10-14-2013, 12:06 PM   #85
delongedoug
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Originally Posted by Bottom Feeder View Post
I thought Webber was known for being easier on his tires that most? Maybe that was back in the Bridgestone days. Looked to me like Webber and Vettel were not trying to make any moves With Grosjean or each other in the first stint so their tire situation should have been similar.

I'd like to do the math if given the data but it still seems like bringing him in on that last stop was way more 'risky' and quite pointless. I think there was the risk he would beat Vettel that way. We can't have that, can we!
Wat? Webber is well known to be harder on his tires than Seb and is usually one of the first to pit in any given race. He will almost always be on the higher of the 2 possible strategies at any given race as well:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/statistic...egy-pit-stops/

If it's a 1 vs 2 stop, he's probably doing 2. A 2 vs 3 stop is a 3, 3 vs 4 is 4, etc. That's a general trend so it shouldn't be much of a surprise how things turned out in Japan:

http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2013/10/1...d-pit-stops-2/

I'm not saying there was no plan for Seb to win, but Mark's driving played right into that plan and it was almost inevitable after the start. They would have told Mark to hold station at the end since team orders come into effect after the last pit stop at Red Bull. That is, if they thought there would be any chance Mark would listen.
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