Re: Hungary 2024 - Piastri/Norris

Sir Tim <no_email@invalid.invalid> writes:

Geoff <geoff@geoffwood.org> wrote:

The call to swap places was fair enough, given that calling PIA in was a
team tactic.
 
But I reckon NOR shot himself in the foot by not letting PIA past at the
earliest opportunity. If he had, he would have had more laps in which to
 potentially overtake him and win the race.

>
Difficult to imagine this sort of situation arising when Ron Dennis was in
charge (also difficult to imagine Schumacher/Senna/Vettel complying).
>
Given that Norris is well ahead of Piastri in the WDC, McLaren should have
let Lando win. Tough on Oscar, but F1 is a tough sport and his day will
come.

Yup, agree, unless they had a rock-hard pre-decided agreement I'm not
party to.

I'm working on the principle that NOR was faster than PIA on his third
set of tyres, and had they pitted Oscar first, Lando would have been on
his tail for 10-15 laps, and one can't say an overtake would be
impossible; Oscar was certainly making more mistakes, and it only takes
one mistake to lose a place.

Was the NOR 1st-box *really* that tactically necessary?

With McLaren apparently dominant it is not beyond the bounds of possibility
that Norris could win the WDC - I just hope he doesn’t miss out by less
than 7 points

Indeed.

Phil
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