How Albon pulled off a strategy miracle in Australian GP

By stretching the life of his starting set of tyres to 57 laps, the Williams driver went from last to 10th place, a gain that even his own team could not have predicted before the race.

Others had the chance to do the same, but chose not to.

Now all teams will no doubt be crunching the numbers and working out if an ultra-late stop with the hard is a viable option with the new generation of 18-inch Pirellis, should circumstances make such a gamble worthwhile.

And a gamble it…