HRoi
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I just read an interview that said the same. Now I’m a bit disappointed that they didn’t decide to unleash him a lap or two earlier. I thought Lando instantly gained pace because he hit a tire window, and Charles’s off allowed him stop defending. It’s tougher to learn that the pace gain was a voluntary but sub-optimal decision, but it’s still been an invigorating two race weekends for McLaren fansApparently Max used up the tread, and the fronts lost grip. He started taking it easy to try to preserve the tires, but that caused them to lose bulk temperature, and he started bleeding time to Lando. I think the flipped switch was McLaren letting him off the leash to use up whatever performance the tires could give for the rest of the race.