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Mercedes wants to give Hamilton car in which 'it's harder to make mistakes'

On the restart in Baku, Lewis Hamilton accidentally pressed a button that changed his brake balance, resulting in him braking completely. In the Race Debrief of Mercedes Mike Elliott (Director of Engineering) tells us that Mercedes wants to do everything to prevent this from happening in future. Hamilton did everything right "Lewis did everything right," said Elliott. "He drove the car to the grid, turned off the different buttons and settings he needed to turn off, turned on the ones he needed to turn on. Everything was ready to start the race right." On the restart, everything seemed to be going well at first. "He made a fantastic start and got alongside Sergio...
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