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What went wrong in Mercedes' pit stop?

Even seven-time world champions make mistakes -- and the problem with being the best team on the grid is that when mistakes happen, they tend to be huge. As was the case on Sunday evening, when a simple mix up of identical-looking tyres cost George Russell his first win in Formula One and Mercedes an easy one-two victory. "Overall for us it was a colossal f--- up," Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said live on television after the race. "I know I'm not allowed to say that but it was." There's no point arguing with Wolff. That's exactly what it was. But while it destroyed one fairytale result by dropping Russell down the order, it manufactured another by giving Sergio Perez...
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