Pit Stop Strategy Simulator
Compare tyre strategies, stint lengths, degradation and pit lane time loss across a race. Build two alternative race plans and estimate which strategy reaches the chequered flag sooner.
Race Parameters
Define the basic characteristics of the race before comparing strategies.
Strategy Comparison
Define up to three tyre stints for each race plan.
Strategy Comparison
Estimated race time based on tyre pace, degradation and pit lane loss.
Strategy A Breakdown
Strategy B Breakdown
Strategy Analysis
Tyre Strategy Guide
Typical modelling characteristics of the three dry-weather compound categories.
Fastest initial pace but normally the highest degradation. Useful for short aggressive stints and late-race attacks.
A compromise between performance and durability. Often suitable for flexible one-stop or two-stop race plans.
Slower initial pace but lower degradation, making it useful for long stints when avoiding an additional pit stop is important.
How the Pit Stop Strategy Simulator Works
Each stint begins with a reference lap-time offset for the selected tyre. The degradation value then adds additional lap time progressively throughout that stint.
A stint with 0.050 seconds of degradation per lap, for example, becomes approximately 0.05 seconds slower on its second lap, 0.10 seconds slower on its third lap and continues to lose performance progressively.
Every tyre change adds the selected pit lane time loss. The simulator therefore measures whether the faster pace of additional fresh tyres can recover the time sacrificed by making another pit stop.