Ferrari used a dummy radio message to push Red Bull into pitting Sergio Perez for a second time in the AbuDhabiGP, opening up the opportunity for Charles Leclerc to beat him on strategy 🔀 Here’s the full F1 story ⬇️
Ferrari has revealed that it used a"dummy" radio message to trick Red Bull into putting Sergio Perez on to a two-stop strategy at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix., in the middle phase of the Yas Marina race, with the pair locked in a tight fight for runner-up spot in the drivers’ championship.knew that its only chance of getting Leclerc in front was through strategy – and that meant forcing Perez on to a two-stop.
Red Bull team boss Christian Horner admitted after the race that a combination of Perez’s tyre condition plus it seeing that"Ferrari were gearing up for an undercut" was behind its decision to stop the Mexican. "That's what was planned before. The laps where, I can say it now, where we dummied him and made him think that we were going to pit opposite. He took it and went for the second stop. So we did everything perfect. I'm very proud of our execution."Motorsport Images
"I think it's great for the team It is great for the strategists, and it is great having done a solid race weekend this weekend.
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