I agree, they had the data from the first stint and the second stint, the medium were not good enough to last.The mediums fell off really badly after 30 laps, he would have gotten overtaken by both Lando and Antonelli, but maybe it was too risky to stay out and try to fight it out with George like that.
Again, the car is lighter. You already told the same thing before lol. It's not the same.
I think previously many cars had to pass Max. And their tires also become worn but yeah let's see what happens. I think it's better to keep track position in such cases but I don't know much.
It doesn't matter if you're tearing the tires for 40 laps lol.