That's speculation from a video though. Its a long way round the outside.dans79 wrote: ↑08 Oct 2023, 22:15Video footage suggests if there hadn't been contact he overtakes them both.chrisc90 wrote: ↑08 Oct 2023, 22:07Those tweets/analysis relied on Max/George getting a poor start on the mediums.
As I said, Both GR and MV got a decent start - therefore that tactic goes out the window immediately.
This wasnt the sprint race where the mediums were a sitting duck against the soft tyre runners. The track was more rubbered in. Maybe Merc/LH thought it would be a repeat of yesterdays start.
Either way, LH/Merc were hoping for a poor start (again) on the front runners. They didnt. They wanted to re-create the sprint start with LH. The medium runners got away considerably better than yesterday, to the whole tactic goes out the window.