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Mercedes explain why they asked Hamilton about strategy call

Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes have explained why they did not pit Lewis Hamilton during the Safety Car period of the Miami Grand Prix, and have also revealed their reasons for asking Hamilton for his input on the strategy call. A Virtual Safety Car was called following a collision between Lando Norris and Pierre Gasly on Lap 41 of 57, which was timed well for George Russell, who was able to pit for Medium tyres. This helped the Briton to overtake teammate Hamilton for P5, with Hamilton having stayed out on an older set of Hard tyres. Why didn't Mercedes pit Hamilton? Mike Elliott, Technical Director at Mercedes, has since explained in a race debrief video from the team why...
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