Turkish Grand Prix – While Lewis Hamilton believes that he should’ve stayed out till the end Mercedes believe an earlier stop would’ve been best. After working his way up through the pack from P11 to P3, Hamilton and his Mercedes team had different opinions on whether stopping or not was the right call to maximise their points haul for the day. On lap 42 Hamilton was given the call to pit for fresh intermediate tyres like those around had done a few laps earlier but the seven-time champion felt the tyres he had on since the race started were still good. The team deferred to his judgement but nine laps later had seen Hamilton’s pace drop off and called him in once again, this...
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