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Mercedes rubbish tyre pressure conspiracy theories

Toto Wolff has brushed off suggestions Mercedes had intended to allow the tyre pressures to drop on its cars heading into the Italian Grand Prix, despite otherwise following correct protocol. Lewis Hamilton's dominant lights-to-flag victory at Monza was not confirmed until several hours later after Mercedes was summoned to the stewards to explain why tyre pressures on both Hamilton and Nico Rosberg's cars were below the legal limit. An investigation subsequently revealed that the left rear tyres were the correct pressure when they were fitted, as proven by Pirelli, but would proceed to lose pressure (0.3psi on Hamilton's car, 1.1psi on Rosberg's) as they cooled due to the tyre blankets not...
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