I'm thinking even if Max 1 stops, it might be safer for Lewis to burn his tyres and do a 2 stop. With his speed, he'll be mighty quick on fresher tyres at the end.
Mr bottas brakes very early. His commitment is meh. Hamilton could well have the wick turned all the way up for the weekend In theory they've taken 2 engines not 1 over the past while so can run both and can afford to run them hotter to the end.
Track position is everything. They need to put bottas away and find the right gap as hamilton is winning this in the end by the look of things. I cant see much bonus for red bull to have hamilton charging on fresh tyres when they are not. If hamilton pulls trigger they.must must pit. I expect merc to leave bottas out to block verstappen then
Engine mapping I suspect. Bottas's engine needed to do 6 races and get as many points as possible. With Hamilton, it's 4 races and win or bust.
Ricciardo is the blocker. Verstappen has to get in front of him and he is golden for this stop. If they dont box they will throw this way.
Bottas will not finish in points here is my prediction. He will stay out to the point where he has no race and them will lose interest.
Virtual safety car. Massive. This will see hamilton have closed right up Mercs have jumped bottas interestingly.
