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In Italian - avrei meritato di vincere - means I could have won. Or, a bit stronger - I did the work neccessary to win. It does not mean one to one deserved. Deserved gives a sense of entitlement which is missing from the Italian meritare. 

@TF That was all very deep, but I largely agree with the gist of your comments. I'm much like Fann in the sense that I'd rather see a tyre last race distance and to hell with the lap times - situations like the enforced bike change for lack of a durable tyre @ Phillip Island (which caught out Marc Marquez and the team, didn't count correctly)... and I seem to recall another race more recently where a tyre was withdrawn from the allocation due to unusually hot weather but can't remember where it was - my point is it felt like a constructed change to directly affect the result rather than the lights go out and the bikes keep going flat chat till the chequered flag.