Ferrari explains why it let Red Bull “off the hook” with safety car tyre call

A crash between Pierre Gasly and Lando Norris towards the end of Miami’s inaugural F1 race triggered the safety car and appeared to hand a golden opportunity for Ferrari to take a strategy gamble.

By the time race control had switched from a virtual safety car to full safety car, race leader Max Verstappen had passed the pits, but Ferrari duo Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz had still not done so.

That meant the door was open for either or both to dive in and swap to fresh…