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Red Bull left surprised as Verstappen 'called himself in' for F1 pit stop
Having made a brilliant start and wrestled the lead from Hamilton at Turn 1, Verstappen pitted on Lap 25 but suffered a slow stop as his Red Bull crew appeared late to his car. No radio communication to Verstappen was heard and Horner confirmed after the race that the decision to pit was his driver’s. "He called himself in, so we weren’t expecting him which is why the pits weren’t ready,” Horner explained. “I think the boys did a phenomenal job to recover so quickly and we lost a bit of time but managed to retain track position so salvaged it very well there.” Mercedes ultimately outfoxed Red Bull by committing to a two-stop strategy that enabled Hamilton to hunt down and...
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