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Mercedes rules out giving drivers more freedom with strategy

Mercedes has ruled out any talk of allowing drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg any more freedom in picking strategies in a bid to beat each other. Hamilton asked during the Brazilian Grand Prix for the team to consider switching him on to a different strategy because he could not find a way past Rosberg on track. Such a move would have gone against Mercedes' long-standing policy of having drivers run to the same strategy because it is fairer. And although the situation has prompted talk of Mercedes changing its policy in the future in a bid to make the racing more exciting, Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff ruled that out. "We have had our principles with one strategy since 2013...
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