After Luca's pit stop, Victor's was due. But not yet.
The race was now a comedy of errors into a third of its distance, full of disharmony and irregularities as cars entered the pit lane, some for routine service, and a few like Jimmy Damgaard, reacting to the strategy shifts triggered by Luca's early stop and the earlier incidents.
The order shuffled constantly, positions changing not always on track, but through the timing screens. It was one of those phases where a race could quietly be won or lost without a single overtake.
Usually, this was when Victor would be looking toward his own box, but with Luca tumbling down the order after his 14.6 sec pit run and rejoining around P7, Trampos Racing couldn't afford to have Luca swallowed by the pack while his tires were still low temp and the car systems still stabilizing after the reboot. Every position mattered—for Luca's championship and for the constructor points. So, Victor's stop was put on hold.
