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Hamilton demands answers from Mercedes mid-race over Suzuka strategy - full transcript

Lewis Hamilton was left incensed after losing more than 20 seconds to Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas over the first half of the Japanese GP. While Bottas was able to make a superb start to take the lead off the line in Suzuka, Hamilton could not get by Sebastian Vettel and was touring in third. Article continues under video With Vettel and Bottas committing to two-stop strategies, Mercedes opted to put Hamilton on a one-stop. This was something the champion took great exception to as race engineer Pete Bonington explained the move mid-race. PB: "So you're currently P3. Vettel 10 seconds ahead. Deg looks very high, so one stop will be a struggle. Let's chase Vettel down." LH:...
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