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49 laps on hards: Could Tsunoda have scored points in the Saudi Arabian GP?

After the first-lap safety car at Formula 1's Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, three cars chose to take a strategic gamble and make their tyre switches there and then: Esteban Ocon, Gabriel Bortoleto, and Jack Doohan.

The three had all started on the medium tyre, but made the swap to ensure they could theoretically go without making a further stop – so long as they could keep hold of the hard tyre through the remainder. Ocon and Bortoleto decided to go down that road; Doohan made a further stop on lap 32.

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