While it is Mercedes showed that in very good form, they walked in the Austrian team's gaze speedto make it harder for their competitors to work. They also realized this at Red Bullu, he told the portal The Race.
The journalist of the mentioned portal already before the racing weekend thought that the two teams re-equalized, but it turned out that this was not the case. “Mercedes had a much faster race car when qualifying and Red Bull did not respond well to some key changes,”He wrote about last weekend Hughes.
But according to the British, so is it Red Bull took advantage of the difference in speed. Max Verstappen so he didn’t risk being beaten Lewis Hamilton. "Verstappen and Red Bull, aware that they would not be able to challenge Hamilton regardless of strategy, played the safe card and made a second stop, allowing Mercedes to do the same."
Season Formula 1 continues over the bad 14 days with the penultimate race of the championship GP of Saudi Arabia. Just a week later, however, the season finale is scheduled Abu Dhabi.