Vettel: We did not need to do 4 pit stops!!

8/5/11,

Sebastian Vettel talked about the 4 pit stops strategy!!

Sebastian Vettel said that he didn't need to make a fourth pit stop on his way to dominating the Istanbul GP.

Speaking after the end of the race he said: “It wasn't easy from the start to know what what was going to happen. “Of course you have a rough idea about tires and how long they will last but you really have to wait for the first and maybe second stint to see this is the trend, this is where we’re going. “In the end I think I could have afforded to stay out on my first set of primes but you have to be in a position for whatever comes. I thought, at that time, I could have made it easily to chequered flag. “But then, if something happens, if there’s an accident elsewhere and the safety car comes out, then obviously you’re on used tyres so I think it was the right thing to come in another time even though it was just a very short stint after the stop.”

Vettel said that the large gap which he built up at the beginning of the race gave to the team the opportunity of keeping an eye on their rivals’ strategies: “We had a smooth race, obviously a very good start which was crucial. “And then I was able to pull a gap in the first stint which was important because then we could afford to stay out a lap longer, wait and see what the others were doing in terms of strategy and then just react.”