#we move forward

just trying to keep myself sane by zooming out and looking at the big picture, and honestly have you to thank for that <3

tbh i know this will be an unpopular take, but in my opinion, mclaren didn't make lando mess up his final lap, he did that himself. i think their run plan made sense. he set an absolutely incredible banker lap, so they clearly sent him out at the right time for him to do that, and then they gave him the opportunity to improve on that time at the end of q3, sending him out light on fuel (like you have to be to have the edge), but he was the one who made a mistake and bailed out of the lap, which was too bad, but not anyone else's fault.

but even if he fumbled the second attempt, he still didn't tumble further down the order because of it because of his beautiful first lap, which we can take away as a positive. mclaren does ofc have plenty of opportunity to mess him up tomorrow, and i hope they do their job, very much hope they're on top of strategy and pit stops, but i also hope our boy shows up with his head in the right place to get it done. he's just going to have to avoid chaos on track and keep it clean, and he's the one with the hands on the wheel.