From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-08-01 05:35, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   > On 1/08/2024 9:29 pm, Sir Tim wrote:   
   >> ~misfit~  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> Lando's relatively poor performance at Spa I think is down to him   
   >>> not being able to keep the win in the previous race. He took a psych hit   
   >>> realising that the team   
   >>> he's spent so long developing with don't value him as much as he thought   
   >>> they did and don't   
   >>> consider him to be number one.   
   >>   
   >> Yes. IIRC, Lando committed to a long contract with, what was then, a team   
   >> in the doldrums. That act of faith deserves a reward.   
   >>   
   > I agree. Without the unwavering services of such a talented driver they   
   > couldn't have developed the car as much as they have. It's as much   
   > Lando's car as it is the design team's who built it around him. Oscar   
   > will have his day but the present and near future at McLaren IMO should   
   > belong to Lando when it comes down to the team deciding who wins a race.   
   >   
      
   McLaren fairly clearly had an agreement about keeping the order of   
   finish the same as immediately prior to the final pit stops of the race.   
      
   Norris was right to swap places if he agreed to that.   
      
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