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Mercedes explain Hamilton’s tyre/pit strategy at Monza

Out of position with a faster car, Mercedes were hoping that the hard tyre would have set Lewis Hamilton up for a strong Italian GP. Sprint Qualifying was in use at Monza, which spelt trouble for Hamilton as he failed to make up for a poor start, leaving him behind both McLarens on the Italian Grand Prix grid. Despite that setback though Mercedes believed the W12 was faster than P4 on the grid, and so went with the hard tyre for the start, trusting that they had the performance to offset this disadvantage and then have a more durable overtaking tyre. Hamilton though was unable to find a way past Norris until the closing stages of that opening stint. “Both of our cars, Valtteri right at...
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