From: geoff@geoffwood.org   
      
   On 8/07/2024 11:24 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2024-07-07 15:46, Geoff wrote:   
   >> On 8/07/2024 4:34 am, Alan wrote:   
   >>> 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!   
   >>   
   >> Yes, hard looked to be the right choice.   
   >>   
   >> And yes, it was inevitable, but sad to see NOR simply bend over for   
   >> VET like that.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Bend over? Please.   
   >   
   > There is no way to prevent someone with that great an overspeed from   
   > overtaking.   
      
   No, but it could conceivably have been made a little more difficult than   
   that. VER certainly would have tried harder.   
      
   >   
   >> Wouldn't need to be unsporting or illegal, but sure wouldn't have   
   >> happened so easily if it was the other way around.   
   >   
   > You mean like when Verstappen had to let Norris by on the Hangar   
   > Straight on lap 15?   
      
   Not exactly the most critical point in the race.   
      
   geoff   
      
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