Bernie Ecclestone: McLaren’s Silly Strategy Cost Hamilton
October 27th, 2007Bernie Ecclestone said that Hamilton’s Vodafone McLaren Mercedes’ race strategy for Brazil cost Lewis Hamilton his first Formula 1 World Championship.
You have to admit, it was a strange strategy to put Hamilton on three pit-stops while most of the rest of the field was on a two pit-stop strategy -which definitely looked to be quicker.
Also, the McLaren’s appeal is to be heard on November 15th, where it will be decided if Nico Rosberg, Robert Kubica and Nick Heidfeld will be penalized for having cooler race fuel. And McLaren have also been voted worst losers - just to sum it up…
