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Wolff: I'm sure Lewis didn't want to back Nico up

= Mercedes F1 team chief Toto Wolff does not believe that Lewis Hamilton slowed the pace down during the Hungarian Grand Prix in a deliberate attempt to force teammate Nico Rosberg into the clutches of the chasing Red Bulls. Wolf said after the race at Hungaroring, 'I'm sure [Lewis] didn't want to back him up. All weekend we were discussing with them that they need to be very cautious on the tyres. We didn't have any experience on those tyres, so he over-managed it probably.' 'He had everything under control, he knew that Nico was behind him and didn't realise that the [traffic] train was approaching fast and that there was a different strategy behind him, so I guess he didn't have the...
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