Haha for sure! I'm on it as well just haven't had time to look it over but it seemed that HAM was def exploring the track a bit more, likely to lessen the wear on his old tires.
Doesnt explain his adventure after locking up at turn 10 with a few laps left, only to just drive as if nothing happened. But I guess that's racing, gotta just blame the circuit designs. But HAM was surely not error free in his defence.