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    From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Apr 11 00:07:59 2022
    "Don't overtake George in case you both crash out" .....?

    geoff
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  • From build@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Apr 10 05:55:19 2022
    On Sunday, April 10, 2022 at 10:08:12 PM UTC+10, geoff wrote:
    "Don't overtake George in case you both crash out" .....?

    geoff

    Was that before or after he was whinging and moaning about the team failing him?
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  • From Vasco Costa@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Sun Apr 10 13:41:00 2022
    On 10/04/2022, geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:
    "Don't overtake George in case you both crash out" .....?

    geoff

    I think it's plausible that Mercedes asked lewis to "save his power
    unit" till the end of the race. It's early days and the team wants to
    score as much points as possible while going through this hard times for
    them. Look at last race and what Ocon was doing to Alonso. Not very
    smart.

    Lewis was extremely unlucky at Jeddah and Melbourne, so I guess that's
    why he was visibly upset about the situation. Anyway, I'm pretty sure
    Mercedes will ask Russell to do the same, if need be at other races.

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  • From geoff@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Apr 11 11:13:39 2022
    On 11/04/2022 1:41 am, Vasco Costa wrote:
    On 10/04/2022, geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:
    "Don't overtake George in case you both crash out" .....?

    geoff

    I think it's plausible that Mercedes asked lewis to "save his power
    unit" till the end of the race. It's early days and the team wants to
    score as much points as possible while going through this hard times for them. Look at last race and what Ocon was doing to Alonso. Not very
    smart.

    Lewis was extremely unlucky at Jeddah and Melbourne, so I guess that's
    why he was visibly upset about the situation. Anyway, I'm pretty sure Mercedes will ask Russell to do the same, if need be at other races.


    Later explained that his car was over-heating. But how 'you guys'
    caused the car to overheat I can't imagine.

    geoff
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  • From Sir Tim@24:150/2 to rec.autos.sport.f1 on Mon Apr 11 10:12:38 2022
    geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:
    On 11/04/2022 1:41 am, Vasco Costa wrote:
    On 10/04/2022, geoff <geoff@nospamgeoffwood.org> wrote:
    "Don't overtake George in case you both crash out" .....?

    geoff

    I think it's plausible that Mercedes asked lewis to "save his power
    unit" till the end of the race. It's early days and the team wants to
    score as much points as possible while going through this hard times for
    them. Look at last race and what Ocon was doing to Alonso. Not very
    smart.

    Lewis was extremely unlucky at Jeddah and Melbourne, so I guess that's
    why he was visibly upset about the situation. Anyway, I'm pretty sure
    Mercedes will ask Russell to do the same, if need be at other races.


    Later explained that his car was over-heating. But how 'you guys'
    caused the car to overheat I can't imagine.

    geoff


    Engineers donrCOt have the time during a race to go into detail and the
    drivers just have to accept what they are told. After last year itrCOs not surprising that Lewis feels a bit paranoid.

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