mendis wrote: ↑29 May 2023, 17:59
He gambled in Canada to gain an upper hand, which didn't work. Can you blame him for trying unlike Lewis who doesn't and moan when things that the team tried didn't work.
The team is the one that's supposed to have the majority of the input into strategy, because they have a lot more information available to them than the driver does. How many times has RB's strategists been praised for a good/winning strategy? Rhetorical question, a lot.
mendis wrote: ↑29 May 2023, 17:59
George's career is relatively short and mostly in poor cars.
The car being poor does not justify forgetting to use your brain. This is George on his off track excursion yesterday.
https://www.racefans.net/2023/05/28/rus ... rom-wolff/
“I’m really kicking myself because P3 was almost guaranteed after not pitting,” he admitted. “I came out, there was a yellow flag, I backed off, and as soon as I touched the brakes, I locked up and followed Stroll up the escape route.
“That’s probably a lesson that actually when you’re not on it and you’re not focussed, you make those mistakes. Probably if there wasn’t a yellow flag there, I would have just been focusing more and I wouldn’t have gone off and cost most the team a comfortable P3.”
He literally admitted he wasn't focused, when he should have been at his most focused. You know, when your are braking downhill in the rain, on bone cold intermediates with a single sector on them. He is super lucky his collision with Sergio didn't end in a dnf thanks to a broken right rear suspension, or damaged gear box.