Red Bull Heroine Hannah Schmitz Reveals Strategy to Push Max Verstappen to 2nd Title Under “Unpredictable” Circumstances

Fresh from their victory in Singapore, the Red Bull Racing team is in Japan as F1 has arrived in the Land of Rising Sun for the 18th round of the 2022 season. As Friday’s free practice sessions and Saturday’s qualifications are already over, the Red Bulls look strong as usual and are favorites to win the race, with Max Verstappen inches away from claiming the title.

However, a race can not be won without the perfect strategy even after having the fastest car on the track. F1 has seen ample examples of how teams have thrown away their wins with miscalculated strategies. Hannah Schmitz, an expert in the field, unravels minute details of strategies prior to a race week.

In a video shared by Oracle Red Bull Racing’s official Twitter handle, the principal strategy engineer of the team shared her take on the Japanese Grand Prix strategy. Talking about this, Schmitz conveyed, “The weather here can be completely unpredictable here.”

“It’s monsoon season, so anything can happen. One minute can be pouring down the rain, the next minute can be dry.”

“As a strategist, we always measure the track… We just like to make sure our pit-lane timings are all quite exact. So we get out there, early in the morning… And measure all the pit lines and all the pit boxes of the teams,” further asserted the strategist.

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Hannah Schmitz & Red Bull get a great welcome in Japan

The principal strategist at the Red Bull team got her own tribute. The country known for Animes has given the rightful honor to Schmitz, who’s known for her brilliant strategic calls behind the scenes, and is also a key player behind the Austrian team’s success this season.

As Hannah Schmitz and Red Bull arrived at Suzuka, an anime cutout of the strategist was spotted. The fans were quick to spot the cutout and share it on social media.

As for Red Bull, the Milton-Keynes-based team is expected to go for the win in the Suzuka Circuit as the RB18 appeared to be quite fast. Even though the Ferraris would be planning to give them a good run for their money, Verstappen is expected to win the race and take home his second championship.

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As the Dutchman starts the race from P1, the Red Bull fans in Japan expect him to win as well as wrap up the 2022 title fight in the country itself. Moreover, Sergio Perez, who qualified in P4 behind the Ferrari duo of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz, is expected to fetch a lot of points at the end of the race on Sunday.