All teams needed two stops at the behest of the CCP state-owned ChemChina, which owns 37.5% of Pirelli (the biggest stakeholder).
The teams that pitted on Lap 8 risked a DQ if they did not pit on Lap 33. It was akin to the old CART Road America days when teams could only pit on Lap 17 and Lap 34 of the 50-lap races at Road America (200 miles) on 40 gallons of methanol. Teams often ran out of methanol trying to stretch it on Lap 50. So if you did Lap 8, you had to pit on Lap 33. Pit on 32, you need to pit on Lap 57. Pit on 34, you’re disqualified.
Eventually CART found a way top stop this type of racing at Road America on fuel saving by adding 20 miles to the races (55 laps), which is why Road America races are 55 laps even to modern INDYCAR.
McLaren would have won if the safety car came in a manner that would have flowed them. They didn’t.
Red Bull has apprised the FIA that Kimi Antonelli is getting death threats from fans over Qatar, mostly because of a remark from Verstappen’s race engineer.
When Antonelli bobbled, Gianpiero Lambiase said, “Not sure what happened to Antonelli, Max, looks like he just pulled over and let Norris through.” Which some fans have taken to mean it looked like it was deliberate.
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