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Originally Posted by Adam43
They wouldn't have stopped on that lap if it wasn't for the SC. We've seen it before at Silverstone. It is oft referred to. It is a reasonable hypothesis at this point.
Dunno. Although it is obviously known the tyres don't last forever.
And that is probably the difference between some who brand them as absolute junk and some who don't.
Even if they did say they could last long enough, it is advisory and there were clear signs they might not. Massive bistering. Then failures on others.
Still they are racers.
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The predicted pit stop strategy as shown during the formation lap had:
1 stop medium - hard: lap 17-26
1 stop soft - hard: lap 14-23
Hamilton, Bottas and Sainz all stopped on lap 14, so early in the window but IN the windows nevertheless.
If that is based on Pirelli data, then the tires shouldn't just fail on lap 50 (Bottas), 51 (Sainz) and 52 (Hamilton)