PWP: The Strategist is back for 2024

Formula 1 is back for 2024 – and so is our free-to-play game, Pit Wall Predictions, presented by Gulf.

Each week you’ll be tasked with making eight predictions for the race, with five points awarded for each correct answer.

This is no easy task, but fear not. Our Grove guru – known only as ‘The Strategist’ – will be on hand ahead of each race weekend to offer some tips and insight to each of those eight questions.

Here are their recommendations for Round 1 in Bahrain:

Lap 11-20. The start of the season is full of unknowns – this seems like the safest bet.

Lap 11-20. Same story for Logan. If they start on the soft or medium compounds, this will be a likely pit window.

Alex. This was the case more often than not in 2023, and I expect it to follow in the same vein this year.

P11-15. Our pace over the weekend so far suggests we’ll be on the cusp of the points positions when we make our first stop.

5+. Tyre degradation will be really interesting to watch this weekend.

0. Bahrain tends to produce pretty clean races, with plenty of large run-off areas.

Hard. After I’ve backed him for a first stop between laps 11-20, it makes sense that he’d finish the race on a hard compound.

Similar story for Logan. In fact, I think their strategies will be pretty similar all weekend long.

That’s what The Strategist has to say, but do you agree? Get your predictions in before lights out on Saturday to make the best possible start to your Pit Wall Prediction season!