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Originally Posted by Artemis
Heard tonight that FIA may consider - further to advice by Pirelli (who are concerned about tire longevity/safety on the Qatar race track after finding worrisome cuts on tires after the qualies) - to impose prior to the race a mandatory 3-pitstop for all drivers.
Start of the Sprint earlier today was postponed with 20 minutes further to discussion with Pirelli:
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Originally Posted by ///M Power-Belgium
And the Merc's with soft tires looked really bad at this track..
RUS went full attack ,and for a moment he was P1 . But his soft tires were gone very quickly in (8 laps)!
And the race is 57 laps ..That's something to think about for Mercedes ! 
LEW tried to manage his tires , but that didn't help him much because he lost pace..
MAX started with mediums , that's why he got lack of grip and that's why the McLaren's and the Merc's had a better start with softs and MAX lost 2 positions..
3 more laps and MAX got Piastri while MAX got orders to just bring it home ..
But the McLaren's are extremely fast again !
Yeah , with the 3 mandatory pitstops MAX will start with softs too ..
Update :
Ric's return is planned at COTA (Oktober 22) |
Decision if to implement the tyre 3 stops will be discussed at 2PM local time by Pirelli and FIA.
https://www.gpblog.com/en/news/24199...on-sunday.html