James Allen takes a strategic review of the United States Grand Prix, in which it was again Red Bull that triggered one of the big two teams into action. Red Bull has come on strongly late in the season after a slow start, as happened last year, and the team increasingly plays a role in race outcomes. And because is not involved in the championship fight, it can try aggressive disruption strategies on the others to try to force them into doing things they don’t want to do on strategy. We saw that vividly from Max Verstappen in Austin, as he made a surprise second stop on Lap 37 to shake the tree. Here we will analyse the strategy, and why Ferrari and Mercedes reacted as they did. Max...
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