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I thought the same at first, especially as he pitted after Bottas' issue. But in his interviews he seems pretty neutral in that he was lucky to inherit second and equally unlucky not to inherit first. Sounded like there was some race-long communication around building a pit-stop gap to Leclerc to try for the fastest lap towards the end which probably had them more focussed on that than hoping for a Hamilton puncture.
While it's easy to sit back and say "Well, Merc 2 had a puncture, then Merc 1 has a puncture a lap or two later, not really surprising is it?", Bottas was pretty vocal about his tyres going off and had been slipping back pretty significantly for a good few laps before the tyre went. There were no such signs from Hamilton.
On the flip-side, taking a gamble for the race-win over a pretty much guaranteed extra point for fastest lap (given Albon was holding it at the time) is certainly an appealing one.