It was all a grand plan for Ferrari to try and outfox Red Bull on Sunday... F1
Charles Leclerc kept on his title rival’s tail in the opening stint, which forced the Red Bull driver to go faster to hold him at bay, degrading his tyres more quickly in the process.
This forced Verstappen into an early stop, and it gave Ferrari and Leclerc in particular the upper hand when it came to race strategy – with the team able to stretch their opening stints and open up a big advantage in the race.
“Our main aim for Sunday was to destabilise Verstappen. We were second and third [on the grid], and our aim was to put pressure on Verstappen and persuade him to stop very early for a suboptimal two-stop race.
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