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Toto Wolff: Staying out the right call for Mercedes

Mercedes chief Toto Wolff says opting not to pit either Valtteri Bottas or Lewis Hamilton was the correct call at the British Grand Prix, despite Sebastian Vettel’s victory. Vettel led Bottas when Marcus Ericsson’s crash triggered the deployment of the Safety Car on lap 33 of 52, while Hamilton was running in fifth position following his first-lap spin. Mercedes kept both Bottas and Hamilton out on the Medium tyres they had switched to on laps 21 and 25 respectively, while Vettel, along with Max Verstappen and Kimi Raikkonen, took on fresh Softs. Bottas thus inherited the lead while Hamilton moved into third position; Bottas defended from Vettel but relinquished the advantage...
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