One driver whose race is very starkly told in the lap chart is Charles Leclerc.
While driving style, circumstances and the characteristics of each teams’ car will play a factor, neither Stroll nor Verstappen were pushing the limits of possible stints on the hard tyres, it would seem. Poll: Rate the Race – 2021 Azerbaijan Grand Prix Among the oldest tyres belonged to Lando Norris and Fernando Alonso, who both pitted on lap seven, so were driving on 41-lap-old tyres without having suffered a similar failure.
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Significantly, when the red flag was shown on lap 48 and all the drivers pitted, 11 of them had older tyres than Verstappen’s at the time of the failure. Verstappen started on soft tyres, pitted on lap 12 – a more-than-decent stint compared to some – and did 34 laps on the hard compound before his own race-ending left rear failure. Stroll started on hard tyres, taking an alternate strategy to most other drivers, and his race ended on lap 30, with the left rear failure. The lengths of those stints will inevitably be a focus of interest, as it may indicate whether the failures were wear-related. Pictures: 2021 Azerbaijan Grand PrixVerstappen and Lance Stroll’s races were ended by tyre failures late in their stints. Perez held Hamilton behind him until the late-race restart, when Hamilton’s own error took him out of contention later.īefore the race, Pirelli and teams had been adamant it was a one-stop but the late red flag naturally meant drivers took the opportunity to fit seconds sets of tyres. Nonetheless this proved one of the moments that decided the winner of the race. Sergio Perez was even able to jump Hamilton, having run third behind him, despite a 4.3-second stop, which team principal Christian Horner said was down to the eventual winner being slightly out of position in his pit box. Lewis Hamilton’s slightly fumbled stop ensured that a close fight between him and Max Verstappen swung in the Red Bull driver’s favour.
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