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Mercedes team defends F1 strategist after “most painful day”
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has described the Austrian Grand Prix as his “most painful day” in Formula 1, after Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas were both forced into retirement. Hamilton and polesitter Bottas ran first and second after the opening lap but a series of unforeseen events would turn from what looked to be a comfortable 1-2 finish into a “brutal” disaster. A hydraulic problem dropped Bottas out of the race from second, while teammate Hamilton joined him on the sidelines when he suffered a loss of fuel pressure in the closing stages. It marked the reigning world champions’ first double DNF in two years and its first two-car retirement due to technical failures...
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