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Did strategy cost Merc win?

ercedes have defended their strategy for the Australian GP, attributing the pace of Ferrari rather than Lewis Hamilton's early pitstop for their season-opening defeat. Sebastian Vettel, who was less than a second behind Hamilton when the Mercedes pitted at the sole round of stops, stayed out on track for five laps longer than his rival with the 'overcut' ultimately earning the German the lead of the race after Hamilton was held up by Red Bull's Max Verstappen. When told it was "race critical" for him to pass Verstappen, Hamilton responded over team radio: "I don't know how you expect me to do that." Race report: F1 2017 alive and kicking But Mercedes believe it was the...
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