Historically, strategies have been one of the great keys when it comes to gaining positions and even races at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. Due to the characteristics of the track, and obviously also to increasingly larger single-seaters, overtaking on the track has become more complicated over the seasons.
For that reason, getting the strategy right can make the difference between winning or losing one or several positions. In addition, in this edition it could have an even greater relevance, since the high temperatures have surprised the teams and the degradation could become very high.
In fact, on Saturday and after qualifying, Charles Leclerc, who will start from pole, was the first to recognize that if Ferrari did not solve their problem with degradation, it would be logical for them to lose their advantage over Red Bull to throughout the 66 laps of the race.
The best strategy for the Spanish GP 2022 F1 race, how many stops is better to do in Barcelona? What tires is better to use?
Taking into account that the race will start at 3:00 p.m. (local time) and that the highest temperature of the entire weekend is expected, the Pirelli studies categorically rule out the possibility or idea of making a single stop.
Based on the data collected during the rest of the weekend, the Italian tire supplier bets on four different types of strategies, three of them with two stops and the other, surprisingly, with up to three pit stops, something that surely all the teams they will try to avoid due to the time lost in the pit lane.
In all its possibilities, Pirelli is committed to starting with the medium and from there each strategy differs in the timing of the stops, which could also be affected if there is a safety car present, and also in the different compounds, with the medium and soft as protagonists, counting on the harder compound in only one of its four strategies.
The best pitstop strategies for the 2022 Spanish GP in F1
| Number of stops | What tire to go with? | First stop? | Second stop? | Third stop? |
| two stops |  |
return between 20 and 25 (put media |
lap between 40 and 45 (put soft |
no stop |
| two stops | |
Return between 22 and 28 (put soft |
lap between 43 and 49 (put soft |
no stop |
| three stops | |
return between 15 and 20 (put soft |
Lap between 30 and 35 (put soft |
lap between 45 and 50 (put soft |
| two stops |
|
Return between 20 and 26 (make hard |
lap between 48 and 53 (put soft |
no stop |
With what tires will each driver start the F1 race at the Spanish GP?
Due to the elimination of the Q2 rule, this question is no longer as relevant as in past seasons, since each driver will be able to freely choose their compound for the start, without distinction between the drivers who have reached Q3 and those who No.
For this reason, the starting tires will not be revealed until about five minutes before the traffic lights at Circuit de Barcelona go out, as that will be the moment in which the teams will send their data to the FIA, as soon as possible. , preventing rival teams from playing their cards based on their strategies.
How many tires does each driver have available for the 2022 F1 Spanish GP?
These are the new and used compounds that the 20 drivers on the grid have at their disposal for the Spanish Grand Prix race, key when choosing the most optimal strategies.
