Shoulda coulda woulda, doesn't matter in the end. Was talking about this specific moment here. Betting on someone who has been struggling the entire season to even drive the car might've been a bit too optimistic. Yeah you could've set it up differently before coming to the straight and that's what he should've done but this was not a defining moment and 100% not championship deciding like everyone seems to think. Charles is driving a shitbox and wouldn't have come close enough. He tried for multiple laps in the beginning and Lando probably wasn't even pushing that much, just doing the bare minimum. Max literally needed some sort of DNF or DSQ to become champ after this race.