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Mercedes expected to 'eat up' McLarens after Safety Car period

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff was convinced that an easy double podium finish was on the cards for his team in the British Grand Prix given its tyre advantage over McLaren after the race's Safety Car period. During the race's neutralization that started on lap 33, McLaren opted to put Lando Norris, like Oscar Piastri a few laps earlier, on a set of hards. Mercedes on the other had already switched George Russell to the medium compound while Lewis Hamilton was called in for a set of used softs. When the race resumed, with Max Verstappen leading from Norris and Hamilton, there was speculation that both Mercedes drivers would make minced papaya of their McLaren rivals. But Norris and Piastri...
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