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Mercedes explains choice: "Otherwise you give the victory to Verstappen"
During the closing stages of the first Grand Prix at Silverstone it was both Mercedesses who caused a lot of spectacle. Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton both had to deal with a broken left front tyre. Bottas even had to ride a full lap on that broken tyre, while Hamilton had to ride on three wheels for half of the final lap. The Finn eventually lost his podium place to Max Verstappen. The Red Bull Racing driver also came close to Hamilton, but the Brit finally managed to win the race. James Vowles explains in a Mercedes debrief what played the head of Mercedes on that last lap: "We really should have let Lewis stop in those last laps for new tyres. His problem arose during the last...
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