From: geoff@geoffwood.org   
      
   On 5/08/2024 10:59 am, Alan wrote:   
   > On 2024-08-04 15:27, Geoff wrote:   
   >> On 2/08/2024 3:26 am, Alan wrote:   
   >>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> And if he had done it earlier, the presumably they would have been   
   >> free to subsequently race. Shoots himself in foot....   
   >   
   > I'm sorry, but if WHO had done WHAT earlier?   
   >   
      
   "....to swap places if he agreed to that."   
      
   geoff   
      
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