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Subject: Re: Ricciardo out Lawson in as of now.
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2024 11:18:21 +1300
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On 3/10/2024 10:09 pm, Mark wrote:
> Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:
>> On 2/10/2024 4:54 am, Phil Carmody wrote:
>>> Geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> writes:
>>>> On 27/09/2024 11:36 am, ~misfit~ wrote:
>>>>> The worst kept secret of the last two weeks:
>>>>>
>>>>> https://www.bbc.com/sport/formula1/articles/c5y076prkero
>>>>
>>>> Hopefully he will be able to (at least) keep up hos good form, and
>>>> keep the ride for 2025.
>>>
>>> Really? He's had his chance. And his second chance. And his third
>>> chance. And his forth chance. And his fifth chance.
>>>
>>> New blood good.
>>>
>>> Phil
>>
>> You think he should have won those races to get and keep a job ?
>>
>> Most seem to think he did pretty well.
> 
> I think he did pretty well, but I also think he's had his chances. I
> *don't* think bringing Lawson in will magically improve things (and he
> may actually do worse for a while), but I think they have to look
> medium-long term rather than short-term.
> 
> As Phil says, new blood is a good thing.

I think that the reason behind bringing Lawson in is, as the main team's car is no longer as 
dominant (see you Adrian!) RBR need a better driver than Checo and they decided that Dan is no 
longer that driver. I think that this is an evaluation of Lawson to see if he's good enough to 
replace Checo next year. To do so he needs to convincingly out-perform Tsunoda for the rest of the 
year. So no pressure then. Also it's rumoured that if RBR didn't confirm him for a seat by the end 
of September his contract stated that he'd have been free to entertain offers from other teams. So 
instead of confirming him for next year they've thrown him in the deep end in true RBR style.

Oh, and by the by, remember when we discussed whether McLaren should not have allowed Piastri past 
Norris for the win? The whisper on that is Piastri's manager, Mark "not bad for a number two 
driver" Webber, has a clause in Piastri's contract stating that Piastri will never be a number two. 
Also McLaren have (had?) a policy that whoever is leading after the first lap has preferential 
treatment for the rest of the race. Consequently McLaren couldn't really NOT tell Norris to let 
Piastri by.

Further whispers say that maybe, since then (and for this season only) there's been an arrangement 
with Webber and Piastri that they'll now help Norris as he has a better chance of the WDC. (I dare 
say that, if this is true, concessions have been made in Piastri's favour for the future - or 
financial rewards will be in play for the rest of this season if Piastri is required to play number 
two.)
-- 
Shaun.

"Humans will have advanced a long, long way when religious belief has a cozy little classification 
in the DSM"
David Melville.