Lando Norris and Yuki Tsunoda have gambled on tyres for the AzerbaijanGP, which has implications for Saturday’s first F1 sprint qualifying 🎲 Find out what that means 👇
, a loophole has emerged in the new sprint format regulations regarding the usage of tyres in the shootout.
The presence of the word “may” left an opportunity for teams who perhaps didn’t expect to make SQ3 to use up that set of soft tyres earlier in the weekend for strategic purposes, which is exactly what both Norris and Tsunoda did on Friday.driver progressed through qualifying, taking seventh in Q1 and sixth in Q2. The team then played its “joker” by using his last set of new softs for his final run in Q3, helping him take seventh place for Sunday’s grand prix grid.
“It was a conscious strategic decision to maximise the grand prix quali result,” a team spokesperson told Motorsport.com. “There’s a lot more points to be scored on Sunday, so it’s the more important race to prioritise.”
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