From: shaun.at.pukekohe@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/11/2023 3:05 am, Phil Carmody wrote:   
   > ~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   
      
   As others have mentioned red flags are becoming more common. It's partly for   
   the spectacle (less   
   racing laps lost and a standing start, as well as the wild-card free tyre   
   change) and partly due to   
   increased safety concerns.   
      
   I'm fairly sure at least one Tecpro panel was replaced at Mexico. A small   
   truck arrived with 3   
   replacement panels and later, as they were sweeping up I saw that one of the   
   panels on the truck   
   was ruptured so that one at least had been replaced.   
      
   Cheers,   
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