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Lewis Hamilton lost seven seconds due to damage - Mercedes

Mercedes has revealed that Lewis Hamilton lost seven seconds worth of race time in the wake of his first-lap off during Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix. Hamilton sustained floor damage in a first-lap brush with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen, running off track in the process, but went on to win the race. It gave Hamilton an almost unassailable 74-point advantage over Mercedes team-mate Valtteri Bottas in the title battle. “When Lewis and Verstappen tangled at the start there was actually a reasonable amount of damage to Lewis’s car in the subsequent collision,” said Mercedes’ technical boss James Allison. “If you watch the race footage carefully,...
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