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Horner believes it 'wouldn't have been a sensible call' to pit Verstappen earlier

Mercedes and Lewis Hamilton managed to beat Red Bull and Max Verstappen through a well-worked out strategy. When Hamilton was catching up with Verstappen, he pitted for the medium tyres. By the end of the race, it was easy for Hamilton to overtake Verstappen's old hard tyres.  Horner says it wouldn't have been the best option to pit Verstappen either before Hamilton pitted for mediums, or straight after.  "We had track position, but I think Mercedes just had a quicker car in the race today to just follow within a second - and that was mighty impressive," Verstappen told Sky Sports.  "It gave them all the options with the free stop. To have pitted Max from the...
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