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Mercedes explain the VSC strategy error with Hamilton

Photo by: www.kymillman.com/f1 Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has explained what he thinks happened in Sunday’s Austrian Grand Prix that left Lewis Hamilton on track as his rivals all pitted for fresh tires during Virtual Safety Car session. 'What I think happened was we were running one and two and controlling the race, and suddenly you see your second car stopping,' said team boss Toto Wolff. 'The VSC came out, we had half a lap to react, and we didn't. Fact. This is where we lost the race. 'At that stage of the race with the VSC, pitting is probably 80% the thing you need to do. 'With one car out there against two others, the thinking process that happened was, ‘what would happen if...
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