From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-07 09:09, pP85PrR wrote:   
   > Exciting at the front!   
   >   
   > Interesting how strategy decisions have potentially strong influence on   
   > the drivers' results. As Martin Brundle reiterated: "The right tire at   
   > the right time."   
   >   
   > A personal opinion: so good not to see a sea of orange shirts setting   
   > off their orange flares. Do I remember correctly that there was a   
   > prohibition on those flares at one point in the last season or two?   
   >   
      
   Fantastic to have three different cars...   
      
   ...(and 5 different drivers--sorry Sergio, but you're just not there at   
   the moment)...   
      
   ...all with a legitimate shot at being the fastest at any given track.   
      
   McLaren clearly got a couple of strategy calls wrong:   
      
   not double-stacking Oscar ruined his race,   
      
   and the tougher call of medium vs soft for Norris (rewatching the race   
   fromm Norris's in-car feed shows it ended up being a joint decision with   
   Norris first mentioning choosing the same tires as Hamilton). Piastri   
   ended up gaining about 16-17 seconds on Norris by choosing the medium,   
   so that choice is going to haunt Norris for a while.   
      
   But it was brilliant driving by everyone at the top.   
      
   Congrats, Lewis!   
      
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