Perez would have been “dying fly” on one-stop F1 strategy

Perez lost out to Charles Leclerc in the fight for second place in the championship after his two-stop strategy cost him track position to the Ferrari at the Yas Marina Circuit.

Perez was the first of the leaders to come into the pits, making the switch from his starting mediums to hards on lap 15 after seeing Leclerc close up.

It gave Leclerc a six-lap tyre delta for the second stint, allowing him to quickly reduce the gap at around half a second per lap thanks to…