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Hamilton wants more personnel control over race strategy

After a small calculation error by his team led to his defeat in Sunday's Australian Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton says he would like more input into his race strategy. The Mercedes driver appears in control and well on his way to a 63rd F1 victory when a fortunate Virtual Safety Car coupled with a longer stint strategy by Ferrari offered Sebastian Vettel a winning advantage over his arch-rival. A bewildered Toto Wolff blamed the unexpected loss on a calculation error by Mercedes' computers which wrongly estimated the delta between Hamilton's speed under the VSC and the time Vettel would take to pit and rejoin the track. Reflecting on the mishap after the race, Hamilton clearly wished man had...
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