Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari would be “smart” if it opted to split strategies in the Dutch Grand Prix with team-mate Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n
Leclerc and Hamilton are starting sixth and seventh at Zandvoort, and aside from the front-row sitting McLarens are the highest-placed team on the grid with both cars starting next to each other.<\/p>\n
Strategy is set to play an even more important role in the Dutch GP after the FIA raised the pit-lane speed limit to 80kph in a boost to try and avoid simple one-stop strategies with the old 60kph limit.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is also the unknown of rain at the coastal Zandvoort circuit, with forecasts throughout the week pointing towards a wet grand prix.\u00a0<\/p>\n
With this in mind, Hamilton believes a split is the logical choice for Ferrari, as the seven-time champion still chases his first grand prix podium for the Scuderia.<\/p>\n
“I think it would be smart to split strategies, given we are trying to beat the McLarens,” Hamilton told media, including RacingNews365, after a long pause between question and answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“It is definitely good when you have the two drivers starting next to each other.<\/p>\n
“After McLaren, we are the next team that has two drivers next to each other.<\/p>\n
“So hopefully, that can play a role in how we overcut or undercut the cars ahead of us, potentially.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lewis Hamilton believes Ferrari would be “smart” if it opted to split strategies in the Dutch Grand Prix…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105998,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[3007,1687,3010,3008,3011,3009,831,372,6537,832,3006,3005,3004,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-105997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-f1","tag-daniel-ricciardo","tag-f1","tag-f1-calendar","tag-f1-live","tag-f1-results","tag-f1-standings","tag-ferrari","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-lewis-hamilton","tag-max-verstappen","tag-motorsport","tag-racing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105997\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105998"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}