Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene has defended the teams Austrian Grand Prix tyre strategy after another disappointing race for the Italian outfit.Ferrari had been expected to challenge Mercedes in Spielberg and Kimi Raikkonen was running second in the early stages of the race. However, a curiously timed pit stop saw him lose track position to both Red Bulls and meant he had to settle for third behind Max Verstappen.Teammate Sebastian Vettel had started ninth after a gearbox penalty but led after 26 laps while in the latter stages of a long stint on super-soft tyres, only for his right rear to explode out of the blue on the start-finish straight. Arrivabene insists Ferrari made the right calls on strategy for both drivers.?[Vettel] was supposed to be out for a certain number of laps and we were asking to him and he was supposed to give feedback on tyres, Arrivabene said. We had no signs on telemetry, no sign from Seb, and no sign from the sensor of the tyre that suddenly the tyre was collapsing. Zero sign. The performance was okay.As per Sebastian, we felt that what Kimi gave us was good. We were continuing thinking that like its happened to [Daniel] Ricciardo, that the guys were going in and if not to overtake. In fact in the last lap in Turn 3, where he overtake Ricciardo, but we had the yellow flags, we were very lucky. Its ironic.Arrivabene says Ferrari was happy to sacrifice Raikkonens track position to Red Bull as it thought the team was going to stop again, and was sure it could have caught both cars in the instance it did not.We were thinking that Red Bull would stop again but the data that we have was quite precise. We took a risk because with our data Kimi was able to overtake Verstappen two laps before the race and we were nearly there.Concerning Seb, I think that without this tyre failure he would be very high in the podium, I dont know where but very high. Because we diverse the two strategies, they were different from one driver to the other.I dont think it was a missed opportunity. We followed totally our strategy and sometimes we cant talk to the driver because the rules are very clear but the drivers can give us feedback at certain points.Kimi decided to carry on like this and we went on one other option for strategy but without the yellow flags he wasnt going to overtake Verstappen. I think what we have to say is hes done a great race.Sam Perkins Jersey . Speaking to the Chicago Tribune at baseballs Winter Meetings in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, Boras called the former home of the Expos a "tremendous environment" for baseball. Jim McIlvaine Jersey . 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