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From: Geoff <geoff@geoffwood.org>
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Subject: Re: Sainz to Williams
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2024 13:28:58 +1200
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On 6/08/2024 12:56 am, ~misfit~ wrote:
> On 5/08/2024 10:27 am, 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....
> 
> How could he be free to race if they agreed to keep the order the same 
> as prior to the final pit stop? Lando's no dullard, if that was an 
> option he'd have taken it.

We cannot know the details, but I would imagine such an agreement would 
relate to  routine' pitstops , and not strategic ones like this.

geoff