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Mercedes says "ugly" Monaco showing helped solve its problems
Mercedes' "ugly" Monaco Grand Prix performance enabled it to identify and resolve the weaknesses of its 2017 Formula 1 car, say team bosses. Though Mercedes had won three of the five F1 races before Monaco in May, it struggled to fourth with Valtteri Bottas and seventh with Lewis Hamilton, who had qualified only 13th, as Ferrari finished first and second in the Principality. But the Brackley-based squad Mercedes won three of the next four GPs, and turned a 17-point constructors' championship deficit to Ferrari post-Monaco into a 39-point lead by the summer break. Mercedes had described its W08 as a "diva" to set up from the outset, and technical director James...
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