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Wolff hopes "unbelievable job" restarts di Resta's F1 career

Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff says that his DTM driver Paul di Resta did an "unbelievable job" in qualifying for the Hungarian Grand Prix. The Scot replaced the unwell Felipe Massa at Williams after the Brazilian pulled out of the event following third practice. Di Resta had never driven the FW40 before the start of qualifying, although he did have some prior experience of the 2014 FW36 test car that the Grove team has been running for Lance Stroll. Despite being out of F1 since 2013, he qualified ahead of Sauber's Marcus Ericsson in 19th place, 0.76s behind Stroll, having run just five flying laps in Q1. "Unbelievable job, honestly," said Wolff. "To be put in this...
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