Cooldown room reveals F1 Austrian Grand Prix strategy insight: “Do you think it was the right choice?”
The podium trio came together in the cooldown room at the R𓄧ed Bull Ring, after Verstappen won again to extend his dominance in the F1 standings.
The reigning champion said to Ferrari’s Leclerc, who was the runner-up: “When the Safety Car stopped, the tyres… were on the edge, everyಞ t🧸ime, at every stint.”
Leclerc: “You didn’t stop?”
Verstappen: “No, I kept on going.”
Leclerc: “Do you think that was the right 𝄹choice? The tyres were fine after that?”
Verstappeﷺn: “Erm… yeah. I mean, it was not fantastic. But it was not too much, in compaꦅrison. But the deg was still quite high.”
Leclerc: “More than what I expected, actually.”
Verstappen: “We could have also ✱stopped. It wou♌ld have been almost the same.”
Leclerc: “Yeah.”
The Ferr𒁏ariꩵ driver then said: “Turn 3 was really tricky.”
Verstappen: “Slippery, huh?”
Leclerc: “Yeah, t☂he rear, I was really struggling with.”
Verstappen: “You did medium, medium, hard?”
Leclerc: “Yes. The ha♐rd was not🌠 amazing, no. What did you finish on? Hards?”
Verstappen: “Hards.”
Leclerc🙈: “You stopped more or less the same time that I d💞id?”
Perez then entered, and Leclerc asked h🌜im: “I don’t remember when you stopped?”
Verstappen interjected: “Lap 21 or something.”
Perez: “Did you stop earlier?”
Lecl💖erc♛: “Wait. You stopped on the hards, on Lap 21?”
“Verstappen: No, no. I did medium, hard, medium.”
Leclerc: “Oh, OK.”
Perez: “Oh, you were on the mediums?”
Verstappen: “Yes, we did the opposite.”
James was a sports journalist a🐈t Sky Sports for a decade covering ever⛄ything from American sports, to football, to F1.
