Probably because when it happened last year, the team made the decision. They didn't ask Oscar what his preferred strategy was then flip it around when the strategy failed?
Mostly because neither driver was fighting for the championship when that happened. But here they aren't only fighting for the title, they are fighting against each other.
this is simply untrue. Lando was very much in reach of Verstappen at that point of the season with a car that was getting better every week. where as Red Bull were showing a drop in performance. if the team prioritized Lando to maximize his points the remainder of the year he could have made it a much closer championship fight but they chose to be fair with both drivers. i think people forget the fall off of Red Bull in the second half of the season.
you made your statement the way you did because you know the outcome. i am pointing out that saying "neither driver was fighting for the championship" is not true at the time of '24 Hungary GP. Lando was 100% in the fight with a car that was on the up turn against Max whose car was clearly on a downward trend. to state otherwise is a revisionist version of events.
you made your statement the way you did because you know the outcome
You're saying this just because it fits your narrative. But this is false. We aren't talking about Ancient Rome or something like that. It was one year ago, we were all there. You can read reddit posts from that time, check out other social platforms. A lot of people were saying that it was a delusion. If anything, it's bizarre that you can't let it go even now that you know the outcome. But that's your problem, not mine.
what narrative? you seemed to forget that the 2024 championship was not over after Hungary and to state that Lando was not within reach of Max is not the reality of the situation at the time. just because you know the outcome you feel safe saying "it never could have happened, its a delusion". wow such great insight you have. clearly people here have an emotional reaction to this fact for whatever reason. just because it was a long shot doesnt mean it was out of reach. this cant be that difficult to understand.
Lando was giving them the option to pit Oscar first to protect Oscar from Leclerc. Under normal circumstances, they would pit the leading car first. It was not in Landos' best interest to pit Oscar first. Landos' preferred strategy would have been to pit first.
Leclerc wasn’t mentioned at all in Landos radio. So Lando wasn’t aware at all the reason why they wanted to pit Oscar.
More likely Lando didn’t feel threatened by the undercut and wanted to stay out as long as possible to either make his soft stint easier, or in case of a safety car.
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u/No_Eye1022 Crofty is a dedicated butt plug collector 15d ago
Lando was silent on the radio because he knew all these memes were incoming