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Lewis Hamilton not to blame for VSC time loss – Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton admitted after the Azerbaijan Grand Prix that he must have made a mistake under the Virtual Safety Car, after he lost around two seconds to team-mate Valtteri Bottas, which cooled their fight for the lead. Hamilton had been less than two seconds adrift of race leader Bottas when the VSC came out for a stranded Pierre Gasly, but when it ended, he found himself more than four seconds down, spoling his chances of an overtake as he spent the remaining laps gaining that loss back. Mercedes' chief strategist James Vowles revealed that it wasn't necessarily Hamilton's fault though and explained that he was unable to see the VSC delta on his steering wheel display...
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