Mercedes calculated THIS?? 🤯 | Ruth Buscombe

Video Description from YouTube:

In the moment, it feels wrong.
Box just before the Safety Car, lose the free stop, driver frustrated.

But the numbers tell a different story.

Lap 21: 22.s pit loss → 0.3s margin

That is the limit.

This was Russell’s last chance to pit under green. Wait one more lap, and he loses the position to Charles.

So they pulled the trigger.

Meanwhile, Antonelli?
22.6s and growing.

Every lap he stayed out, the margin increased.
The overcut was working.

No need to react.
Just trust the car.
And a Pit Wall operating to the limits.

🎥 We go deeper into this on Japanese GP Debrief YouTube out now. How Mercedes held their nerve, how McLaren triggered the cascade, and why Antonelli’s pace was there all along.

If you want to understand how this race was really decided, it’s all in the full breakdown.

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