JUNE 12, 2016

Single pit stop on the cards?

With Sunday morning™s weather presenting cooler weather than in practice and qualifying, some teams might be considering to run the race with a single-stop strategy with their Pirelli tyres.

On Friday the track temperatures were approaching 40 degrees C, and it seemed likely that the fastest strategy would be to run with two stops - running Ultrasoft, then Supersoft and finally Soft compound tyres. But with race day arriving with cool weather some teams might be considering to try for one pit stop - starting on Ultrasoft tyres and then switching to Soft compound tyres at around lap 25.

Of course historically at this time of year Montreal always has the threat of unstable weather conditions, and in quite a few races we have seen afternoon rain showers appear during the race - in which case it could be anyone™s race. Pirelli has published the following strategy predictor to help the fans understand what the most likely race strategies for this afternoon™s race could be.