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Massa reckons strategy cost him fifth

Ferrari driver Felipe Massa believes that an incorrect strategy choice cost him at least three places, and valuable points, during Sunday evening's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Brazilian, who started the race on the Option tyre, completed two subsequent stints with the Prime rubber. But he feels a switch back to the softer tyre would have been more beneficial, given better-than-expected degradation in the early stages. He ultimately finished eighth, narrowly behind Lewis Hamilton and Paul di Resta. "Our strategy was based on a single stop, but when we realised that the wear was greater than expected, we decided to make a second stop so as not to take any risks," Massa explained to...
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