From: geoff@geoffwood.org   
      
   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!   
      
   Surprising that none of the haters have come out with "HAM wouldn't have   
   won if RUS hadn't been retired because Mercedes favour HAM" yet.   
      
   geoff   
      
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