Hungarian GP strategy guide: Mercedes faces strategy dilemma

BUDAPEST, Hungary -- The Hungarian Grand Prix will be a one-stop race in normal circumstances, but with the top three drivers in the championship starting from the top three places in reverse order, strategy, and how its deployed will be fascinating.

The top six drivers on the grid will all start on the medium compound after using it in the second part of qualifying, with the option of either swapping to the hard or the soft at their single stop. With very little dry running on Friday, there is no way of knowing which strategy will be faster, but with overtaking difficult at the Hungaroring drivers will look to their strategists to either undercut or overcut their opponents.

The pit stop…