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Mercedes explain Hamilton's Imola overcut

Mercedes' trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin has explained the method behind Lewis Hamilton's strategy at Imola. The Briton decided to extend his first stint during the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix after both Bottas and Max Verstappen had made their stops for hard tyres. In doing so he was able to pull off the overcut and emerged in front of the pair after his stop, with a major helping hand from the Virtual Safety Car, before going on to win the race. Bottas' race had been compromised heavily though by damage to the bargeboards on his Mercedes which he picked up after hitting a piece of debris deposited by the Ferrari of Sebastian Vettel. All of the elements aligned on this...
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