Horner: Verstappen would have beaten Perez on same strategy
The two drivers both had the option to run either a medium/hard or hard/medium one-stopper combination.
From pole, Perez was in effect obliged to start on the medium as he couldn’t risk losing out off the line to those around him, while starting ninth after a mistake in qualifying Verstappen had more freedom and opted for the hard.
Red Bull’s simulation numbers suggested that Perez’s …Keep reading