Max totally did him. The moment he went to cover the inside, Max just straightened up and blew around the outside. He was closing at a ridiculous rate though, because DRS is ****.
Frustratingly it really feels like Mclaren should be winning these races, but it keeps not quite happening. 7 seconds on the same tyres is surely impossible to close down now. Credit to Max and Red Bull i guess. Even when they're not decisively quickest, they're operationally perfect.
Wasn't it two laps earlier for Max, but pitting onto a fresh set vs used for Norris? I doubt there's much in it.
Probably not, but defending in the middle makes it awkward for the overtaking car whichever side they choose to attack, cramp them on the inside or the outside, rather than give them so much room.
I suspect it's a team decision to do something different in the hope it got them a couple of points more than they'd get, it hasn't, but it hasn't hurt the teams either.
It's alright Karun Chandok saying Max is almost a pit stop ahead of George, but Max and Lando are on Softs and George is on the hards and that pace wise is a big offset
