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may 15, 2017 - Pirelli formula1

Different tyre strategies at a very closely-fought race won by mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton

Mercedes driver #lewishamilton won the Spanish Grand Prix after a battle that was so close with Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel that the two even touched after the final pit stops. Both stopped twice after starting on the soft tyre, but Hamilton did a middle stint on the medium compound then finished on the soft, whereas Vettel did a middle stint on soft to finish the race on the medium. Both fought hard on the track as well as in the pits with their different strategies, but eventually finished the race in the order in which they started it on the grid. Conditions remained dry and warm, ending in track temperatures of 43 degrees centigrade. Only three drivers started the race on the medium tyre, with Toro Rosso’s Daniil Kvyat running a medium-soft-soft race to finish in the points from the last row of the grid. Pascal Wehrlein was another points finisher for Sauber, ending up eighth (following a five-second penalty) after stopping just once, completing two roughly equal stints on the soft and the medium.
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