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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: Sainz to Williams
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 15:59:59 -0700
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On 2024-08-04 15:27, Geoff wrote:
> On 2/08/2024 3:26 am, Alan wrote:
>> On 2024-08-01 05:35, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>> On 1/08/2024 9:29 pm, Sir Tim wrote:
>>>> ~misfit~ <shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Lando's relatively poor performance at Spa I think is down to him
>>>>> not being able to keep the win in the previous race. He took a 
>>>>> psych hit
>>>>> realising that the team
>>>>> he's spent so long developing with don't value him as much as he 
>>>>> thought
>>>>> they did and don't
>>>>> consider him to be number one.
>>>>
>>>> Yes. IIRC, Lando committed to a long contract with, what was then, a 
>>>> team
>>>> in the doldrums. That act of faith deserves a reward.
>>>>
>>> I agree. Without the unwavering services of such a talented driver 
>>> they couldn't have developed the car as much as they have. It's as 
>>> much Lando's car as it is the design team's who built it around him. 
>>> Oscar will have his day but the present and near future at McLaren 
>>> IMO should belong to Lando when it comes down to the team deciding 
>>> who wins a race.
>>>
>>
>> McLaren fairly clearly had an agreement about keeping the order of 
>> finish the same as immediately prior to the final pit stops of the race.
>>
>> Norris was right to swap places if he agreed to that.
> 
> And if he had done it earlier, the presumably they would have been free 
> to subsequently race. Shoots himself in foot....

I'm sorry, but if WHO had done WHAT earlier?