“I think it will spice it up probably a bit more. Normally, when you have that one-stop, once you have a good pit stop and everything is fine then you drive to the end, and you just have to stay focused and not hit the barrier.
“Maybe with the two-stop it can create something different, people gambling, guessing when the right time is to box, and hopefully it will spice it up a bit more.”
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Alpine driver Pierre Gasly echoed those sentiments, adding: “I see opportunities, I see some unknowns, which we should embrace rather than being afraid of [it].
“At the end of the day, I’m not too sure everybody knows what this is going to do – it might actually not change much. I think what remains extremely important is Qualifying, so you know if you get it right in quali at least you do a big part of the job.
“I’m sure it’s going to open up some potential strategy, which we’ll have to be on top of.”