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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Yeah nightmare scenario for McLaren if the unlikely happens and Norris loses by less than 7 points.
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I still put that second place finish more on Lando than on McLaren. If he had switched as soon as it made sense when he was first asked, he would have been free to have overtaken Piastri. He had the faster car with loads of laps to come…it was inevitable.
Teams have unofficial standards and one of them is that they try not to undercut their teammates. Sometimes, based on a variety of factors (oncoming weather, likely placement after the pit stop, etc) it makes sense to pull the trailing driver in first. To keep things fair, they make the move with the assumption that the drivers will swap at the earliest convenience.
There will be times in the future when it makes sense for Piastri to undercut Norris. It’s going to be…interesting… to see how Norris handles it. Their cars are good enough that they’ll be 1-2 pretty frequently and these kind of things tend to happen. Champagne problems!
If Norris wasn’t a weirdo about it, he’d have won the race easily and there would have been no controversy.