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I really don’t see how Piastri with the ultimate “#2” driver in Webber as his manager is ever going to roll over and help set a status quo where Lando is set to be #1. It’s something that McLaren through Senna and Prost back in the day knows well and the winner in the end is the driver that takes it all. As an Australian I’m very happy for Piastri to have the balls to assert this, he’s maybe not going to win this WDC but it’s all positive for the future!
I think Newey is pragmatic enough to say “yes” when Stroll gives him the 2 mins of time he has allocated in his schedule to get an update from him and then Newey will do whatever he wants anyway and ask for forgiveness because he backs himself to get results and they will speak volumes over anything else.
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