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So Mercedes was going for a 2 stopper for Lewis with that pitstop for mediums:gucci:
 

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Back to Mercedes. Lewis did the work.

Managed to overtake Norris for the lead.

Why didn't Mercedes listen to Lewis? Max was still behind Bottas?
The ONLY thing I can think of was to get Lewis in front and run Max's tires off. But that's a fool's errand. As soon a Max boxed, Lewis picked up the pace. Like I said, why not let him use that pace advantage in free air? The job was done at that point, he could have ran those tires off and probably still made target.
 

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The ONLY thing I can think of was to get Lewis in front and run Max's tires off. But that's a fool's errand. As soon a Max boxed, Lewis picked up the pace. Like I said, why not let him use that pace advantage in free air? The job was done at that point, he could have ran those tires off and probably still made target.
Yeah, I thought the whole point of being on the hards was to overcut. However, his tires might’ve degraded being in the dirty air of the McLaren for 20 laps.
 
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