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Message: [QUOTE="CuseTroop, post: 4118012, member: 47"] New to F1, but have been involved in motorsports since I was in the womb. Is there any difference to the bolded sentence above, and say- a NASCAR race coming under caution with 10 laps to go and everyone waiting to see if the leader is going to pit or not before deciding whether they should? Some folks are going to be on new tires, some are going to gamble with old In my (mostly oval racing) brain, that's all part of the pit strategy. Mercedes gambled on pit strategy and lost. The decision to keep Hamilton out makes less and less sense the more I think about it. Please let me know if I'm thinking about this wrong or misinterpreting F1 rules. Hamilton was leading when the safety car came out. Max was behind him. I'm not sure the condition of either's tires when the safety car came out, but someone above mentioned that Lewis was on older hard tires. What's the reasoning for not having Lewis pit? Max either pits with him, and as long as the stop goes well is still behind Lewis coming out- Now all you have to do is hold him off for 1 lap, both with new tires, and Lewis being the faster car all day. If Max doesn't pit, then Lewis is behind him with fresher tires and a faster car. (this where I might be off... Where would Lewis have come out of the pits? Directly behind Max? Or would there have been multiple cars between them?) I've been an oval guy my whole life. Ran a few dirt cars back in my day, was big into NASCAR until about 10 years ago (oddly enough, not many people in Alaska give a crap about NASCAR). Was never into road racing until I got into the Iracing simulator and started getting interested in open wheel cars. Then, Drive to Survive really got me hooked. Planning on hitting Austin next year. [/QUOTE]

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