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New rules help Mercedes? Fastest pit stop in Sochi for Bottas

As with every race weekend, Formula 1 presents the DHL Fastest Pit Stop Award after Sochi. Normally, betting agencies would not pay out much if you were to bet on Red Bull Racing 's team, but after the newly introduced pit stop rules, the cards have suddenly been dealt very differently. New pit stop rules Mercedes have won both the drivers' and manufacturers' championships year after year. The Brackley based team were so dominant during the hybrid era that it didn't really matter if they managed to complete a pit stop in two or five seconds. This season was different. Mercedes and Red Bull are now so closely matched that every tenth of a second counts. And so Mercedes pleaded for new rules...
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