From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-08-04 18:20, Geoff wrote:   
   > 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."   
      
   Remove the pronouns and try again:   
      
      
   "And if he had done it earlier, the presumably they would have been free   
   to subsequently race."   
      
   Just recast that sentence using nouns/names.   
      
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