From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-07-09 16:13, 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!   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   Sorry... ...not a hater.   
      
   I don't know who would have won if Russell hadn't retired.   
      
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