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   ~misfit~  writes:   
   > On 31/10/2023 6:47 am, Phil Carmody wrote:   
   >> Alan  writes:   
   >>> Yes: he screwed up his qualifying, but what a recovery drive.   
   >>>   
   >>> Lost out because he did a tire change before the red flag.   
   >>>   
   >>> Lost out on the restart on hard tires.   
   >>>   
   >>> And still came back to finish P5!   
   >>   
   >> Fully agree. Several other good shows, but he was relentless, and never   
   >> lost his focus on the target. I'm glad the team recognised that Oscar   
   >> was more useful by letting him past without any fuss. And nice to hear   
   >> Lando's "thank you" immediately afterwards.   
   >>   
   >> Phil   
   >   
   > Lando did really well, a great drive from a great driver.   
   >   
   > However Alan's wrong to say that he lost out on the re-start "on hard   
   > tyres" as he did the last stint on mediums. Also, yes Lando lost out   
   > because he pitted under the safety car just before the red flag but he   
   > only lost 2 places because of that (8th to 10th). He had a bad start   
   > on his mediums (wheelspin) and dropped 5 places (to 15th) by the   
   > second corner. To get back to 5th from there was stellar.   
      
   Yup. Thanks for the correction.   
      
   On the red - was it really necessary? It didn't look like they had to do   
   much apart from re-right some of the panels in the barrier that were   
   leaning, nothing seemed to need replacing.   
      
   Phil   
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