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‘Are you sure?’ – Red Bull colleagues doubted Schmitz’s lap-7 call
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01/12/2025 at 17:1201/12/2025 at 16:49 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Red Bull’s chief strategist Hannah Schmitz has made a career out of bold calls, but her latest masterstroke at the Qatar Grand Prix may go down as one of her most decisive yet. While McLaren looked poised to run away with a dominant 1–2 at Lusail, Schmitz stuck to her pre-conceived plan to immediately pit Max Verstappen in the event of an early Safety Car regime with steel-spined conviction - even as her Red Bull colleagues questioned her decision. The inspired call – paired with McLaren strategic blunder – set the stage for Verstappen’s seventh victory of the season and...
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