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Radio communication fault led to tyre mix-up – Mercedes
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff says a radio communication failure led to the tyre mix-up that wrecked the team’s prospects at Formula 1’s Sakhir Grand Prix. George Russell controlled proceedings up front on his first outing for the team, ahead of Valtteri Bottas, and both were called in when the Safety Car was deployed for Jack Aitken’s crash. However Mercedes fitted a set of Medium tyres assigned to Bottas onto Russell’s car and had to call him in once more on the next lap, to fit his assigned batch, dropping him to fifth. Compounding the issue was that Bottas could not take on his own tyres – for at that moment they were on Russell’s car – and had to remain on the used Hards....
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