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Merc: Monaco undercut a protective strategy
Mercedes' attempt to undercut Daniel Ricciardo in Monaco was more of a 'protective strategy' that an aggressive one for Lewis Hamilton. Mercedes struggled with the hypersoft tyres in last Sunday's Monte Carlo street race resulting in Hamilton pitting on lap 12 of the 78-lap grand prix. From the outside the move looked as if Mercedes were trying for the undercut, however, trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says they were actually hoping to force Red Bull into an early stop. “We were already seeing the signs of degradation on the hypersoft with Valtteri and you could see that when it came in, it was pretty extreme and you lost a lot of lap time very quickly,” Shovlin...
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