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Mercedes confirm 'DRS train' the culprit for Hamilton's struggles
Mercedes have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton's inability to move up the order in the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix was in large part due to the Briton's position in a three-car DRS train. After launching his race from P14 on the gird at Imola, Hamilton ran as high as tenth during his opening stint. But the seven-time world champion's swap from the intermediate to the medium tyre pushed him back down to 14th, just behind Williams Alex Albon and AlphaTauri's Pierre Gasly. Unfortunately, the group raced in formation, stuck in a DRS train, until the checkered flag. "It's the same problem that we had in the Sprint race, when you are in what we are calling a DRS train," explained Mercedes...
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