Tuesday, 17 June 2008

Lewis Hamilton - short pit strategy


What do Formula 1 drivers have in common with the Queen? Answer they wave a lot. This in the agency caption is a Lewis Hamilton celebration after finishing third in last year's French Grand Prix. This year he starts at 10/1 with a 10 place penalty for crashing through a red light in Montreal. The young tyro was still upbeat. Mentally, it’s just something that you learn to overcome quickly,” he said. “We’ve already looked at the best ways of optimising the strategy to help us move up the field and I guess I’ll just have to pass some cars if I want to get into the points!" But this is a tough circuit for overtaking. "You can dive down the inside into the Adelaide Hairpin and also have a look into the penultimate corner,” he said. “But an area we can really focus on is the strategy - Magny-Cours has a relatively short pit lane which does open up the strategic options available to us in the race."

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