Analysis To news overview © Pirelli Sunday's 66 lap Portuguese GP isn't hugely likely to be particularly variable in terms of the amount of pitstops expected during the race. Pirelli say the race is likely to be a one stop strategy, due to the loss of time in the pitlane being around 25 seconds. This means that making a two stop strategy work is particularly difficult, especially given that the expected delta time of 0.4 seconds between the soft and medium compound didn't play out in qualifying. Indeed, the fastest time of the weekend so far, a 1:17.9 from Lewis Hamilton, was set on the medium compound. It's on this compound that the front-runners will start, as well as Ferrari's Charles...
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