Pirelli has requested all teams to make a pit stop and not finish the Grand Prix with one set of intermediates. The tyre supplier from Italy was afraid that safety would be compromised otherwise. Esteban Ocon and Alpine finished the race with only one set. "Every car is different, so the degree of wear and tear varies and it also depends on how hard they push," Isola told Sky Sports. But in fact, more or less all the tyres had exposed cords. Most of the cars that stopped after 47 or 48 laps had no tyres left." The top man looked at the tyres from Hamilton's first stint after the race and from that he drew the following conclusion: "I would have said he wouldn't have...
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