Thought the commentators were talking about concerns of the tires "falling off a cliff" I personally thought the desire for the final pit by Lewis was simply the pursuit of the fast lap. The gap was there, but IMO still not worth the risk for a single point. Even if the tires did go off suddenly, it's not like they were going to lose 4-5 seconds a lap.

Hindsight is easy for us. The people making the calls had no idea that Lewis could pull off a fastest lap on those old tires when they made the call.



And Bagwan, though I can't say I agree that it's all sandbagging for the show, I do agree that most drivers are probably faster than the hand they show. But in my view, it's the tire choices that are limiting them more. With fuel stops out of the picture now, as well as tires that don't last, the multi stop races are almost gone. I think a lot of time they are running to the pace that the tires and strategy allow. It's a shame we don't have more durable tires, as I think the cars would set faster laps on a regular basis if the days of tire wars were still around.