Ferrari made one of the vital peculiar tactical calls within the Brazilian Grand Prix and it didn’t repay for Charles Leclerc.
On a day of dire climate situations, most groups held off altering tyres till they might achieve this with both minimal time loss underneath a Digital Security Automobile or Security Automobile interval, or no time loss underneath a pink flag. Ferrari, nevertheless, introduced Leclerc in throughout inexperienced flag operating, the most costly approach to change tyres.
Why did they do that? Leclerc was operating fifth on the time, conserving Max Verstappen at sword’s size. Maybe Ferrari assumed Purple Bull would quickly deliver their driver in to ‘undercut’ them by getting him on to contemporary rubber sooner.
However any benefit they hoped to realize vanished when Leclerc turned caught behind Oliver Bearman and Lewis Hamilton. Clearly Ferrari both anticipated to get him out forward of them, or their efficiency benefit could be nice sufficient for him to comb by. As an alternative, Leclerc spent two laps of their spray, and solely bought by as soon as they pitted through the VSC interval.
Had it not been for the VSC interval, Leclerc may have been in a robust place because the rain intensified. Having contemporary intermediate tyres absolutely as much as working temperatures is usually a important benefit over these labouring on worn rubber when contemporary rain falls. Sadly for Ferrari the observe and race situations didn’t prove as they hoped.
In addition to Verstappen, Leclerc was operating forward of Gasly when he pitted. Neither of them had the prospect to pit through the VSC interval, so Leclerc fell behind them. They finally modified tyres through the pink flag.
That left Leclerc seventh when the race restarted. He picked up locations from Tsunoda, then Lando Norris and George Russell on the second restart, earlier than falling behind the Mercedes once more. Afterwards he mentioned his pit technique left him on the again foot.
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“We paid the worth rather a lot,” Leclerc informed the official F1 channel. “Within the first cease we stopped too early and ended up within the visitors and that price us three or 4 positions. So then to come back again from that was very tough.
“However P5 in entrance of each McLarens, at the very least it’s a injury limitation weekend the place we’re solely dropping 4 factors to them at this time, which may have been rather a lot worse.”
Each Ferrari drivers complained the SF-24 suffered poor steadiness within the moist situations. Carlos Sainz Jnr crashed twice and Leclerc mentioned they have been “simply not quick sufficient.”
“The automotive was extraordinarily tough to drive,” he defined. “Very, very pointy, very digital, very oversteer-y and it was very tough to drive.”
“Alternatively, I felt with what we had, we did one of the best, roughly, we may do,” he added. “In case you have a look at the highest three, I believe these are the three drivers that put no foot fallacious on such an extended race, and that is very tough, they usually need to be on the rostrum.”
Verstappen actually hit his stride after he handed Esteban Ocon to guide on lap 43. Not solely did he set a quickest lap a full second faster than anybody else, he did eight extra laps which might have been fast sufficient for the bonus level.
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2024 Brazilian Grand Prix lap chart
The positions of every driver on each lap. Click on title to spotlight, right-click to reset. Toggle drivers utilizing controls under:
2024 Brazilian Grand Prix race chart
The gaps between every driver on each lap in comparison with the chief’s common lap time. Very giant gaps omitted. Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and right-click to reset. Toggle drivers utilizing controls under:
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2024 Brazilian Grand Prix lap instances
All of the lap instances by the drivers (in seconds, very sluggish laps excluded). Scroll to zoom, drag to pan and toggle drivers utilizing the management under:
2024 Brazilian Grand Prix quickest laps
Every driver’s quickest lap:
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2024 Brazilian Grand Prix tyre methods
The tyre methods for every driver:
2024 Brazilian Grand Prix pit cease instances
How lengthy every driver’s pit stops took:
| Rank | # | Driver | Staff | Full cease time (s) | Hole to greatest (s) | Cease no. | Lap no. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 24.573 | 1 | 24 | |
| 2 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren | 24.764 | 0.191 | 1 | 28 |
| 3 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Aston Martin | 25.107 | 0.534 | 1 | 27 |
| 4 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 25.205 | 0.632 | 1 | 27 |
| 5 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 25.239 | 0.666 | 2 | 30 |
| 6 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 25.248 | 0.675 | 1 | 27 |
| 7 | 43 | Franco Colapinto | Williams | 25.287 | 0.714 | 1 | 26 |
| 8 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 25.369 | 0.796 | 1 | 25 |
| 9 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | RB | 25.431 | 0.858 | 1 | 28 |
| 10 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 25.698 | 1.125 | 1 | 28 |
| 11 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jnr | Ferrari | 25.92 | 1.347 | 1 | 27 |
| 12 | 81 | Oscar Piastri | McLaren | 26.05 | 1.477 | 1 | 27 |
| 13 | 11 | Sergio Perez | Purple Bull | 26.692 | 2.119 | 1 | 27 |
| 14 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Sauber | 27.067 | 2.494 | 2 | 28 |
| 15 | 30 | Liam Lawson | RB | 28.167 | 3.594 | 1 | 28 |
| 16 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 28.59 | 4.017 | 3 | 29 |
| 17 | 50 | Oliver Bearman | Haas | 35.755 | 11.182 | 1 | 27 |
| 18 | 27 | Nico Hulkenberg | Haas | 58.984 | 34.411 | 2 | 27 |
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