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[geogate]

starting 5-6 surely

[Mcl_G10]

Starting from 4-5. Half of the job almost done. Now all Mclaren needa to do is swap places between our drivers and let Norris chase the rest.

You make it sound so easy.

Is it a bad thing that the person im most concerned about at the start is piastri?

But you right we need to get ahead of both alpine and get after George. Maybe we have better tyre life than the merc?

[Seerix]

is it possible to switch to hards and try to go to the end?

[geogate]

we should certainly aiming for a P2 from here - i want to see a bit of aggression from the team

[Emag]

I am surprised Lando had such a good lap 1. Being in the middle of the pack + Monza T1 being an absolute menace. I thought he would play it safe and maybe lose positions in the process.

[Darth-Piekus]

Starting from 4-5. Half of the job almost done. Now all Mclaren needa to do is swap places between our drivers and let Norris chase the rest.

You make it sound so easy.

Is it a bad thing that the person im most concerned about at the start is piastri?

But you right we need to get ahead of both alpine and get after George. Maybe we have better tyre life than the merc?

Its a matter of helping Norris get as high as possible compared to Antonelli since he is closer to the title than Piastri and till today this year is the better driver of the two.

[matt_b]

is it possible to switch to hards and try to go to the end?

Definitely worth a punt on one of the cars at least, worse case scenario they switch to new softs at the end.

[CjC]

is it possible to switch to hards and try to go to the end?

I think everyone will try this.

Having a brand new set of softs for the end of the race could be very helpful- which they have

[Mcl_G10]

Hards til the end seems far fetched but I think many will start on hards to at least give it a chance to avoid a stop.

[Slahinki]

Looks like both cars are on hards.

[Emag]

Now that's a Lando Norris start
Did he have energy issues or what?

[Slahinki]

Seems like he's way down on top speed compared to the cars around him.

[Mcl_G10]

Has lando got a problem or something?

Really stuck on gasly

[Mcl_G10]

Poor norris. No top speed.

[Slahinki]

Look at the overspeed Oscar has when he overtakes Hamilton. Norris hardly gains anything at all on the straights.