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Originally Posted by Akrapovic
Timeline according to the FOM Video (this is not live. It is a replay of events provided after the race):
- RBR Radios Max entering the back straight
- Max slows down seconds later
Timeline according to di Resta and Ant
- RBR Radios Max in approximately S1
- Max slows down two thirds of a lap later
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There is an official account of when the instructions were given, in the FIA document.
'At turn 21 the driver of car 33 was given the instruction to give back a position to car 44 and was told by the team to do so “strategically”.'
At full speed, there are 13 seconds between turn 21 and turn 26.