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Max ‘right in middle of the track' for Hamilton yield

Mercedes' Andrew Shovlin has said Lewis Hamilton was unsure about passing Max Verstappen in Jeddah as he had slowed centrally on the track. Ordered by his Red Bull team to let Hamilton through into the lead after leaving the track and gaining an advantage, Verstappen slowed down on the straight but Hamilton tucked in behind instead of driving past his title rival. Ultimately he hit the back of Verstappen's Red Bull, and post-race the stewards gave Verstappen a 10-second penalty, adjudging him to have applied the brakes and caused the collision. Red Bull felt Hamilton was trying to stay behind to pick up DRS, a claim which Hamilton later confirmed, but Mercedes' trackside engineering...
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