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How Hamilton chased down Leclerc to win the British GP

Article To news overview © F1 James Allison believes the robustness of the hard tyre at Silverstone, along with Ferrari's weakness on the C1 compound, were key to Lewis Hamilton's victory at the British Grand Prix. Hamilton recovered from a 10-second time penalty for colliding with Max Verstappen, but came back to overturn a deficit of 12 seconds to Leclerc after his pit stop. Allison says Hamilton did not have to manage his tyres too much during the final stint. "We stopped Lewis at pretty much the optimum time for the single stop strategy that we did in Silverstone," said Allison on Mercedes' race debrief video. "We weren’t especially pleased with our pace on the...
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