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   On 4/10/2024 5:39 pm, Phil Carmody wrote:   
   > Yazoo  writes:   
   >> On Thu, 3 Oct 2024 13:03:28 -0000 (UTC), Mark    
   >> wrote:   
   >> ...   
   >>>   
   >>> I have never understood RB's driver management. My point agrees that   
   >>> this mid-season change won't help right now, but it might help them   
   >>> identify drivers for the future. If they've written off whatever Dani   
   >>> can do this season, they may as well plan for the future with new blood.   
   >>> What it achieves is that they get to assess Lawson and acclimatise him   
   >>> to the team and car ahead of the new season and/or allow them to decide   
   >>> to give another driver a chance.   
   >>>   
   >>> I think Dani has had some great drives and is probably unlucky not to   
   >>> have picked up more wins, but that's how it often goes. Unlike many   
   >>> others, though, I think he can hold his head up high and with a glowing   
   >>> reputation amongst fans and the paddock alike.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, he can hold his head up high! He deserved it!   
   >   
   > Absolutely. He's been one of the best contributors of both skill and   
   > character to the forumula on my living memory, one of my favourites.   
   > But it's best to keep things that way and not have a long drawn-out   
   > fall from grace. And I think the last couple of years has been part of   
   > that fall already. Stop it now.   
      
   I am sad to see him go, he actually has a personality, and, in his Red   
   Bull days, was one of the most exciting drivers on the grid.   
      
   >> I can understand the team long term strategy, but a bit of finesse in   
   >> change would be nice.   
   >> This is business, I know.   
   >   
   > Strange business, for sure. Their inexplicable decisions don't end at   
   > Dani Ric. The elephant in the room is surely 2 more years of Perez.  Who   
   > I also think is a great driver, but probably better as the driver to   
   > learn from in the lower team rather than someone whose day job is   
   > bringing in double-digit points every race weekend. At the moment he's   
   > the driver who has cost Red Bull the constructor's championship. 6 good   
   > races does not a winning season make.   
   >   
   > Phil   
      
   Several tens of millions of dollars bring a good deal of forgiveness.   
      
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