Si bien en su ejemplo simple, las cosas serán iguales, es necesario tener cierta precaución al usar vistas anidadas.
Trabajé en un sistema en el que las consultas caducaban después de 30 segundos y se basaron en aproximadamente 6 niveles de vistas anidadas y logré acelerarlas en un factor de aproximadamente 100 reescribiendo las consultas en las tablas base.
A continuación se muestra un ejemplo sencillo del tipo de problema que puede surgir.
CREATE VIEW MaxTypes
AS
SELECT
[number],
MAX(type) AS MaxType
FROM [master].[dbo].[spt_values]
GROUP BY [number]
GO
CREATE VIEW MinTypes
AS
SELECT
[number],
MIN(type) AS MinType
FROM [master].[dbo].[spt_values]
GROUP BY [number]
GO
SET STATISTICS IO ON
SELECT MaxTypes.number, MinTypes.MinType, MaxTypes.MaxType
FROM MinTypes INNER JOIN
MaxTypes ON MinTypes.number = MaxTypes.number
ORDER BY MaxTypes.number
/*
Gives
Table 'spt_values'. Scan count 2, logical reads 16, physical reads 0,
read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0.
*/
GO
SELECT
[number],
MAX(type) AS MaxType,
MIN(type) AS MinType
FROM [master].[dbo].[spt_values]
GROUP BY [number]
ORDER BY [number]
/*
Gives
Table 'spt_values'. Scan count 1, logical reads 8, physical reads 0,
read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0.
*/