Piastri had the best mean pace! (considering non-outlier laps)
Norris was mighty quick, too: for the first time, we've heard VER's engineer tell him to increase his pace‼
RUS was quick despite the traffic. LEC and ALO almost matched him. ALO>Alpines, this time
Piastri's gap to Verstappen was 4.8s at the end. This was produced by:
-The initial gap after the SC restart
-The slower in and out laps
McL's pace in their last stint was fantastic: they recovered around 5s over Verstappen. Then he pitted, but despite the fresher tyres his pace was no better!
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