Yep.
Which is why I love the attitude of Oscar in publicly accepting so quickly what happens on track, realising he can't change it and moving on to the next race.
All the while knowing that any grievance in terms of how the team or his rivals have handled things will be taken up on his behalf online in hundreds of post race analyses. Leaving him to focus on things he can control.
This is what a professional F1 driver and potential champion looks like in 2025. Totally focussed on the things they can control in the cockpit and leaving the politics to others.
Which is why - in that late night post on race night that was rightly criticised for its inconsistency, got one thing right - viz Oscar accepting the team order to allow the overtake by his team mate was great situational awareness in the heat of the battle - of being able to do the maths of seeing the long term game as being more important for his championship than the loss of a single place on the podium.
They used to call Prost 'The Professor' for his ability to think about the long term options in a single race. Reckon Oscar is proving to be the chess master in how he thinks about things in a career long perspective.
And all credit to Mark Webber btw. Proof that sometimes the best coach and manager/mentor for your career is someone who made mistakes, did not reach the pinnacle as a result but has learned from them on retirement and willing to use them as a lesson for others to succeed.
