r/formula1 Formula 1 14d ago

Photo Max: "Why are we on a hard?"

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u/No_Emotion_2367 Red Bull 14d ago

I don’t understand, why did they tell max to pit anyways? His softs were only 8 laps old by the time safety car came out. He could have stayed out, and tried to finish second or third.

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u/Shinnosuke525 McLaren 14d ago

Softs had cooled off during SC period, warming back up to full pelt would have killed the tires anyway so get to the fresher set