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Lewis Hamilton clipping wheel gun hurt Valtteri Bottas' race

Mercedes has revealed that a minor mistake during Lewis Hamilton’s pit stop in Monaco proved influential in the outcome of Valtteri Bottas’ race. Mercedes ran 1-2 during the early stages of the Monaco Grand Prix and opted to bring both drivers in for their pit stop on lap 10 when the Safety Car was deployed. Bottas, running second, backed off in order to build a gap between himself and Hamilton, but a slightly slow stop meant he was jumped by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen. Red Bull was judged to have unsafely released Verstappen but such was the narrow nature of the Monaco pit lane that Bottas was pushed into the pit wall and sustained a suspected front-right puncture, later...
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