The thing you have to be wary of with 2 stops is tyre wear . There ' s no point carrying all that extra fuel and related time penalty if you still have to pit earlier than planned because your tyres are shot . If your car doesn ' t have good tyre wear and tyre heating ratings , and the track has high tyre wear , you might find it difficult to manage a set of tyres to allow 2 stops . Another thing to keep an eye on during the early part of a season , especially with a lesser team , is reliability . It ' s likely you ' re gonna need to repair some parts during pitstops to be able to make it to the end of the race , and again , you don ' t want to be carrying all that extra fuel if one of your parts won ' t last long enough to get you to a later stop . Having said all that , a conservative strategy really can push you up the grid if executed properly .