Sebastian Vettel surprised friend and enemy by winning the Indian Grand Prix that way he did. Contrary to the predictions, he virtually won the race by lap 10. But how exactly did he do that? Many teams had predicted that a start on softs would be nearly identical in total race time as starting on the medium tyre. As such, many, including Red Bull Racing, Ferrari and Williams split their strategies, hoping to get at least one car in a good position in case something unexpected would happen throughout the race. Vettel therefore started on the softs after carefully nursing the tyres through his qualifying lap. That in itself wasn't a big problem, as Red Bull knew their performance was great...
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