French Grand Prix – Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton has admitted that he was forced to stay out during the French Grand Prix because Red Bull's Max Verstappen would've undercut him anyway. Hamilton was leading the race, but got caught by Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with just two laps to go, with the Dutchman switching to a two-stop strategy. This allowed Verstappen to reel Hamilton in and make a late pass to claim victory. Mercedes chose not to react and kept both of their drivers out on the older hard tyres. The Mercedes driver believes that, because Verstappen was already ahead, he would’ve lost out to the Dutchman anyway, due to the power of the undercut. “He was already quite far...
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