Yep, and that’s the area that probably more focus in comparison to the first 10-15 laps under the old regs especially on certain tracks. If only the new regs added spice to the backend of a race instead of the start.
The 19 runs we allowed for the tenth wicket in the first innings would be handy now, but this loss is on the batting. Today it was the 2 batting collapses Head/Khawaja/Carey & Green/bowlers that hurt.
Would have been nice if we managed to scrape together a lead of 220-250. Hard to sustain the close your eyes and swing approach for too long before luck finally goes against you.
As good as Piastri lap 1 overtake was it was evident then that Norris was content for 3rd. Still reckon it was the wrong strategy, but McLaren wanting Piastri to chase down Verstappen was the opposite of what he needed to do to make the hard tyre strategy work, which was to drive slower to...
5. Development of the McLaren car to win the constructors title. The best chance to win the constructors was to resolve Norris’ mid-year battles with the car.