From: geoff@geoffwood.org   
      
   On 10/07/2024 11:16 am, Alan wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >   
      
   Absolutely. But if RUS had been in the mix all sorts of other   
   permuations may have eventuated. We simply can't know ;- )   
      
   geoff   
      
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