Ed Straw

So I would hope that there was a conversation before this was said publicly about what they were going to say and why.

And sometimes it's just like, we know it's not quite right, but this will help us calm it.

Take one for the team.

I would imagine that probably happened just in terms of doing, unless he genuinely just did say, yeah, he's definitely not going to pass you.

groundlessly, which would be an odd thing to do.

I think the lesson is always to the driver.

Don't let them.

Just take it into your own hands.

And yeah, you fuel save a bit, but just don't do it so much that you put yourself in harm's way.

And often that's the simplest thing to do.

Just take it off the table.

Oh, I've overtaken him.

The thing is, the rules make them be ambiguous.

Yeah, yeah.

Anyone who is presented with ambiguity will think, well, that's a bit ambiguous, isn't it?

I've got plausible deniability here because they're racing drivers and they want to win.

That's the thing that, well, it's not a problem that this happens because they're competitive people and your job is to win the race or overtake whoever's ahead or whatever.

That's what you've got to do.

This is one of the joys of it.

It's also one of the reasons why the team orders ban was a complete nonsense and unworkable and did eventually break down, but...