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Shovlin: Radio system to blame for pit stop woes
Mercedes' disastrous pit stops at the Sakhir GP were due to a technical issue with the radio system, says trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin. A sequence that effectively cost them the race, the safety car brought out by Williams' Jack Aitken on lap 62 led Mercedes to try and double-stack drivers George Russell and Valtteri Bottas, only for it to backfire horribly. First Russell was fitted with the front tyres intended for Bottas' car, and then Bottas, no longer with a full set available for him, was sent back out on the tyres he had come in on. Afterwards, Russell had to pit again in order to avoid a penalty – although the team still received a 20,000 fine – while...
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