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‘We need to let him go': Toto Wolff makes admission about potential Lewis Hamilton replacement

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has revealed that Sir Lewis Hamilton was helping Nyck de Vries during the Dutchman’s outing at the French Grand Prix last weekend. As part of the new rules this season, all teams are required to run a development driver during practice on at least two occasions over the course of the season, and Mercedes fulfilled their first by putting de Vries in the car in Hamilton’s stead at Paul Ricard. De Vries had also been in the Williams in Spain earlier in the season, and he put on an impressive showing in Le Castellet, finishing P9, just five tenths behind fourth-placed George Russell. It was a break for the 27-year-old from his Formula E duties with the...
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