Lewis Hamilton Wrong to Slam Mercedes over Pit Stop Call at Monaco Grand Prix

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Published: May 27, 2014

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Mirabeau, Sainte Devote and the Nouvelle Chicane. Those three corners—in three separate moments—sealed Lewis Hamilton's fate at last weekend's Monaco Grand Prix (if such an ominous phrase can be applied to a second-place finish).

We will get to those three moments, but what is more important is that none of them have anything to do with his team's pit stops, the timing of which caused Hamilton to blast Mercedes' strategy on the team radio. And while his frustration at the time was understandable, it was misplaced. 

He was not wrong, necessarily, to question his team—although publicly embarrassing your employer is never a good strategy—but he was wrong if he thought it was going to make any difference in the finishing order of the grand prix.

Hamilton's race was lost when his teammate, Nico Rosberg, went off at Mirabeau during qualifying, scuttling a potential pole lap for Hamilton; when Hamilton failed to get past Rosberg into the first corner, Sainte Devote, at the start; and when Adrian Sutil crashed his Sauber at the Nouvelle Chicane, bringing out the safety car during the pit stop window.



When the Brit was unable to pass his teammate at the start, he seemed content to follow Rosberg through Monaco's twisty streets, waiting for an opportunity to pass him during the pit stops. 

On Lap 25, Sutil lost control, bounced off the wall and slid through the chicane, showering the track with debris. A few seconds after the terminally damaged Sauber stopped just off the circuit, Rosberg and Hamilton passed by. As they neared the pits, the safety car had not yet been deployed, so the two Silver Arrows continued for another lap.

Early on Lap 26, the safety car was sent out and Mercedes called both cars in at the end of the lap. Hamilton slowed slightly to allow the team to service Rosberg before he arrived in the pit box. Both stops were executed cleanly...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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