In recent races, Ferrari has come under fire for strategy calls that have cost it big results, such as the decision not to change Charles Leclerc’s used tyres at the last safety car during the British Grand Prix, and the pit blunder that cost him victory in Monaco.
But at Paul Ricard on Saturday, Ferrari enacted a pre-weekend plan for Leclerc to use Sainz as a tow in Q3 to negate Red Bull’s top speed advantage over the Scuderia along the back straight.
