When Monza was resurfaced ahead of last year's Formula 1 Italian Grand Prix, it prompted a degree of conservatism; the McLarens, for instance, opted for a two-stop strategy and stuck to it. It did not know that Ferrari was about to rock its world by pursuing a one-stopper.
Pirelli believes that a one-stop will be the best scenario this year too. The expected level of graining has not been particularly forthcoming across the trio of practice sessions, and so the national-average approach to tyre strategy is expected to be a medium-hard progression.
